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Last Posted: Mar 31, 2018

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• Elisa Long, informed by personal experience, parses data to help those mulling mastectomy and gynecological surgeries  
  UCLA Anderson Review, Mar 2018
• High Expectations for Immunotherapy in GI Cancers- Immunotherapy may play a growing role in treating gastrointestinal cancers categorized as MSI-high.  
  A Weintraub, Cure Magazine, Mar 2018
• Despite FDA Approvals of Direct-to-Consumer Tests, People Still Need to See Certified Genetic Counselors  
  K Powell, Genome Magazine, Mar 29, 2018
• Tumor sequencing superior to other methods of detecting Lynch syndrome in colorectal cancer  
  Healio News, Mar 29, 2018
• Approvals in 2017: gene therapies and site-agnostic indications.  
  Blumenthal Gideon M et al. Nature reviews. Clinical oncology 2018 Mar (3) 127-128
• Assessment of Tumor Sequencing as a Replacement for Lynch Syndrome Screening and Current Molecular Tests for Patients With Colorectal Cancer  
  H Hampel et al, JAMA Oncology, Mar 28, 2018
• Familial communication and cascade testing among relatives of BRCA population screening participants  
  S Lieberman et al, Genet in Medicine, Mar 29, 2018
• Genetic Testing Helps Guide Treatment in Prostate Cancer  
  D Bucco, Onclive, Mar 28, 2018
• A novel molecular and clinical staging model to predict survival for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.  
  Wang Wei et al. Oncotarget 2016 Sep 7(39) 63526-63536
• BRCA1+ carrier: Why I chose prophylactic surgery  
  J McCarthy, MD Anderson Blog, Dec 15, 2017