Challenges in the Field of Hereditary Breast Cancer

Claudine Isaacs, MD, professor, medical Director, Fisher Center for Familial Cancer Research, co-director, Breast Cancer Program, Georgetown University/Lombardi Cancer Center, discusses some of the challenges physicians are facing in the field of hereditary breast cancer.

Clinical Pearls:

• Over the last year, more comprehensive panel tests have been developed.
• Physicians are faced with the question of what genetic test to order and how to interpret the results.
• There is also a lack of guidelines explaining to physicians how to manage patients who have genetic mutations that are associated with a lower risk of breast cancer.