About
Getting Started
Will My Insurance Coverage Be Affected By My Genetic Information?
Creating and Understanding a Family Health History
Patient Story: Getting Personal With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
The ‘Ins and Outs’ of Health Insurance
Who Are Genetic Counselors?
Helpful Resources
How to Access Personalized Medicine
Genetic Testing May Have Saved This Woman’s Life — and Her Family’s Lives Too
New FDA-Approved Treatments Signal Shift to Personalized Cancer Care
Inside Personalized Lung Cancer Treatment
Understanding the Role of Genetic Health Testing
Understanding the Potential of Personalized Treatments
Using Genetically Based Testing to Get the Right Diagnosis
Introducing Personalized Medicine and the More Than a Number Initiative
All Getting Started
Diagnosis
Will My Insurance Coverage Be Affected By My Genetic Information?
Creating and Understanding a Family Health History
Patient Story: Getting Personal With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
The ‘Ins and Outs’ of Health Insurance
Who Are Genetic Counselors?
Helpful Resources
How to Access Personalized Medicine
Genetic Testing May Have Saved This Woman’s Life — and Her Family’s Lives Too
New FDA-Approved Treatments Signal Shift to Personalized Cancer Care
Inside Personalized Lung Cancer Treatment
Understanding the Role of Genetic Health Testing
Understanding the Potential of Personalized Treatments
Using Genetically Based Testing to Get the Right Diagnosis
Introducing Personalized Medicine and the More Than a Number Initiative
All Diagnosis
Treatment
Will My Insurance Coverage Be Affected By My Genetic Information?
Creating and Understanding a Family Health History
Patient Story: Getting Personal With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
The ‘Ins and Outs’ of Health Insurance
Who Are Genetic Counselors?
Helpful Resources
How to Access Personalized Medicine
Genetic Testing May Have Saved This Woman’s Life — and Her Family’s Lives Too
New FDA-Approved Treatments Signal Shift to Personalized Cancer Care
Inside Personalized Lung Cancer Treatment
Understanding the Role of Genetic Health Testing
Understanding the Potential of Personalized Treatments
Using Genetically Based Testing to Get the Right Diagnosis
Introducing Personalized Medicine and the More Than a Number Initiative
All Treatment
Prevention
Will My Insurance Coverage Be Affected By My Genetic Information?
Creating and Understanding a Family Health History
Patient Story: Getting Personal With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
The ‘Ins and Outs’ of Health Insurance
Who Are Genetic Counselors?
Helpful Resources
How to Access Personalized Medicine
Genetic Testing May Have Saved This Woman’s Life — and Her Family’s Lives Too
New FDA-Approved Treatments Signal Shift to Personalized Cancer Care
Inside Personalized Lung Cancer Treatment
Understanding the Role of Genetic Health Testing
Understanding the Potential of Personalized Treatments
Using Genetically Based Testing to Get the Right Diagnosis
Introducing Personalized Medicine and the More Than a Number Initiative
All Prevention
Resources
Will My Insurance Coverage Be Affected By My Genetic Information?
Creating and Understanding a Family Health History
Patient Story: Getting Personal With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
The ‘Ins and Outs’ of Health Insurance
Who Are Genetic Counselors?
Helpful Resources
How to Access Personalized Medicine
Genetic Testing May Have Saved This Woman’s Life — and Her Family’s Lives Too
New FDA-Approved Treatments Signal Shift to Personalized Cancer Care
Inside Personalized Lung Cancer Treatment
Understanding the Role of Genetic Health Testing
Understanding the Potential of Personalized Treatments
Using Genetically Based Testing to Get the Right Diagnosis
Introducing Personalized Medicine and the More Than a Number Initiative
Glossary
About
Getting Started
The ‘Ins and Outs’ of Health Insurance
Who Are Genetic Counselors?
How to Access Personalized Medicine
Introducing Personalized Medicine and the More Than a Number Initiative
Diagnosis
Genetic Testing May Have Saved This Woman’s Life — and Her Family’s Lives Too
Using Genetically Based Testing to Get the Right Diagnosis
Treatment
Patient Story: Getting Personal With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
New FDA-Approved Treatments Signal Shift to Personalized Cancer Care
Inside Personalized Lung Cancer Treatment
Understanding the Potential of Personalized Treatments
Prevention
Will My Insurance Coverage Be Affected By My Genetic Information?
Creating and Understanding a Family Health History
Understanding the Role of Genetic Health Testing
Resources
Helpful Resources
Glossary
Getting Started
Celebrating Caren
In 2020, after recovering from COVID, Caren was given genetic testing. She was 64. She received an unexpected SYNGAP1 diagnosis. To our knowledge she is the oldest known patient in the US.
