Description: An ideal resource for genetic counselors, physicians, nurses, advocates, and others who support and care for the hereditary cancer community, Living with Hereditary Cancer Risk provides coverage of; signs of inherited cancer risk in a family;; the value of genetic counseling and testing;; mutations in BRCA, Lynch Syndrome, and other genes that elevate cancer risk;; risk-reducing strategies;; traditional treatments and newer personalized approaches, including immunotherapies and PARP inhibitors;; nationally recommended guidelines for prevention, early detection, and treatment;; insurance coverage and discrimination protections; and; coping with sexual health, fertility, menopause, and other quality of life issues.
Brief description: Sue Friedman, DVM (GULFPORT, FL), the founder and executive director of Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE), is a breast cancer survivor with a BRCA2 mutation.