Interview
Assessing a patient’s risk for brain tumors, and other tumor types,
based on genetic testing can be a complex and complicated process—one
that genetic counselors can help with, says Krista Qualmann, MS, CGC....Qualmann discussed the syndromes she is identifying in patients in her
clinic, as well as how they could impact treatment, in an interview with
Targeted Oncology.
The genetic testing that I’m talking to patients about is genetic
testing either on a blood or saliva sample to look for a gene mutation
that they were born with. Very common syndromes could include things
like Li-Fraumeni syndrome, von Hippel-Lindau disease, Lynch syndrome,
and a couple more.
For Li-Fraumeni syndrome, almost every type of cancer that you can think
of has been seen in at least a couple of patients. I think they have
narrowed it down to 4 or 5 of the most common, but then they’re also at a
very high risk for other cancers. For women specifically with
Li-Fraumeni syndrome, they have a very high lifetime risk of any cancer
because of their really high risk for breast cancer, which isn’t
necessarily seen in men.
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