NCCN Guideline changes We are so happy to announce the changes made to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines for patients with Ashkenazi Jewish Ancestry. We have worked tirelessly to push for this change so that testing can be expanded based on ancestry. Ashkenazi Jewish men and women are disproportionately more likely to carry hereditary…
BRCA
Ashkenazi Risk Factors
Do you know your risk factors? Do you know your heritage? Ashkenazi Jews (both men and women) have a 1/40 chance of carrying a mutation on the BRCA gene, regardless of family history. A mutation in the BRCA gene increases the possibility of developing breast cancer up to over 80% and ovarian cancer up to…
