- By Beth Kuhn
- Posted January 30, 2018
How I Got Ahead of Cancer After Learning About My BRCA2 Gene Mutation
After watching my mom and aunt battle bilateral breast cancer - which included chemotherapy, radiation, mastectomies (surgical removal of the breast(s)), and all the physical and emotional anguish that accompanies it – I learned that I carry a BRCA2 gene mutation. It runs in our family. I was told that my inherited BRCA2 mutation…
- By Bill Rotter
- Posted March 16, 2017
Why I Liquidated my Business to Advocate for Male Breast Cancer Awareness
Several years prior to my breast cancer diagnosis, I started to think about the right time to liquidate my business and sell the real estate. At the time, my brother and I owned two Ace hardware stores in the Milwaukee area with approximately 100,000-sq. ft. of retail space, warehouse and offices. I knew it would be a physically daunting undertaking…
- By Jackie Connor
- Posted February 6, 2017
Genetic Testing Accuracy Explained During the AmbrySpeaks-Los Angeles Event
In the first of seven dinner series events, on Tuesday, January 31st, Ambry Genetics presented to more than 45 attendees at Spago in Beverly Hills, California. The “AmbrySpeaks Tour—Accuracy and Innovation in the Era of Collaborative Genetics” challenges the common misconception that Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is 100 percent accurate,…