S4 Ep194: It’s All in the Family: BRCA and Other Hereditary Cancer Syndromes with Dr. Michelle Jacobson

One out of ninety women will develop ovarian cancer in her lifetime. It is the second most common gynecologic cancer and the fifth leading cause of death among women from cancer. Roughly 25% percent of ovarian cancer is hereditary. If a woman is a carrier of one of the gene mutations associated with ovarian cancer, her risk is strikingly higher than the risk of the general population.  But most women who carry this genetic mutation…don’t know it.

My guest is Dr. Michelle Jacobson, an internationally recognized expert in menopause and cancer survivorship who has dedicated her professional life to educating women about hereditary cancer syndromes- who should be screened, and what to do with that information. She is an assistant professor at the university of Toronto, the chief of OBGYN for Osler Health Systems and the lead author of The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada Clinical Guidelines on menopause management after breast cancer and is also the host of the Hysterical Women’s Podcast.

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We discuss how to know if you fall into a high-risk group, and if you do, what to do about it.

We also discuss prevention and detection of ovarian cancer if you do not have a genetic predisposition.

Link to study on use of hormone therapy with a BRCA mutation

https://drstreicher.substack.com/p/can-women-at-the-highest-risk-of

Facing Our Risk

National  Comprehensive Care Network

Dr. Michelle Jacobson

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