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10 - Genetic Risk and Colon Cancer

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Content provided by Julie Lanford, MPH, RD, CSO, and LDN - The Cancer Dietitian. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Julie Lanford, MPH, RD, CSO, and LDN - The Cancer Dietitian or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
On this episode of the Cancer Dietitian Podcast we’re talking with Thuy Vu, a Genetic Counselor at Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center in Winston-Salem, NC, about how genetics can affect your probability of developing colon cancer and preventative measures you can take to help stay cancer-free. We’ll also chat with Jill Hyson about her diagnosis of Lynch Syndrome and how it’s affected her life and family. What we discuss:
  • When you should request to see a Genetic Counselor
  • Who is considered a medically “close relative”
  • When to worry about pre-cancerous polyps
  • Collecting your family’s medical history
  • The difference between genetics counseling and genetics testing
  • How often you should have your genetics tested
  • Three possible test results
  • How online genetics tests differ from the genetic testing requested by your doctor
  • Lynch Syndrome
  • Mentally processing your diagnosis
Links mentioned:

Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center Cancer Services, Inc. Cancer Dietitian Colon Cancer Coalition Get Your Rear in Gear 2020 Race Race Facebook Event Page

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Manage episode 250474842 series 2470230
Content provided by Julie Lanford, MPH, RD, CSO, and LDN - The Cancer Dietitian. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Julie Lanford, MPH, RD, CSO, and LDN - The Cancer Dietitian or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
On this episode of the Cancer Dietitian Podcast we’re talking with Thuy Vu, a Genetic Counselor at Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center in Winston-Salem, NC, about how genetics can affect your probability of developing colon cancer and preventative measures you can take to help stay cancer-free. We’ll also chat with Jill Hyson about her diagnosis of Lynch Syndrome and how it’s affected her life and family. What we discuss:
  • When you should request to see a Genetic Counselor
  • Who is considered a medically “close relative”
  • When to worry about pre-cancerous polyps
  • Collecting your family’s medical history
  • The difference between genetics counseling and genetics testing
  • How often you should have your genetics tested
  • Three possible test results
  • How online genetics tests differ from the genetic testing requested by your doctor
  • Lynch Syndrome
  • Mentally processing your diagnosis
Links mentioned:

Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center Cancer Services, Inc. Cancer Dietitian Colon Cancer Coalition Get Your Rear in Gear 2020 Race Race Facebook Event Page

  continue reading

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