Our understanding of genes and diseases is constantly evolving. At Ambry Genetics, we develop and continuously refine our testing services based on the ever-expanding body of scientific evidence. The process of assessing the relationship between a gene and a disease is called gene-disease validity (GDV) scoring and is fundamental to genetic testing. …
It has been almost 3 years since my father was offered genetic testing after developing three different types of cancers. He also had an alarming family history – multiple relatives with cancer, going back generations. After he received a positive result for Lynch Syndrome, putting him at an increased risk for colon cancer and other types of …