"the new generation of cancer survivor [is] younger, less financially secure, and still having to navigate life after treatment, from dating to career, sex and child rearing"
So glad that #AYAcsm#survonc#financialToxicity & #MBC are getting time on NPR
https://t.co/WZeUOZejBy
This #NationalFamilyHealthHistoryMonth we encourage YOU to spread #awareness about the importance of sharing your family #cancer & #genetic history with family members.🧬
↪️ Download a helpful handout:
https://t.co/OPMLpphP0W
↪️ Seek a genetic counselor:
https://t.co/zj4KKAhpcu
Dr Kate Hetherington #BehaviouralSciencesUnit@UNSW shares key insights on families hopes+fears about precision medicine in #ChildCancer from PRISM/ZERO psychosocial studies.
Great recommendations for tailoring communication about precision oncology processes here! 👇🏻#SIOP2024
Consumer genetic test results ‘causing unnecessary breast cancer alarm’… this is why pre- and post-test counselling is crucial! https://t.co/bmhA36WzsN
@lexlanham I’ve thought about this tweet too many times to count. 🤯 After a year of daily using my 5yo’s take home/bring back folder this never occurred to me. This is going to be a game changer for my organization.
That false-positive rate 🫣
Scary to think people are making important healthcare decisions based on inaccurate information. Beware the harms of direct to consumer genetic testing. Genetic testing should only be preformed by experts capable of interpreting results.
Where did AYA get info about their Cancer Predisposing 🧬variant?
✨#GeneticTesting disclosure from GC
✨½ who talked w/ a parent described a 1x talk at disclosure
✨Doctors, affected siblings, and the internet
✨Open to future talks re cancer risk
What do #AYA w/ #PediatricCancer recall about their #CancerPredisposition🧬variant 1-4 yrs post-disclosure?
🚨New Paper🚨 https://t.co/ZrXIwyeZc8…
AYA recall
✨Cancer risk
✨Concept of inheritance
✨Gist of surveillance guidelines—even adult onset risk (e.g., CHEK2, PAB2)
What did #AYA misunderstand?
✨5/21 (24%) did not remember 🧬results
✨Over- or underestimated their own or offspring’s risk for cancer
✨Health behaviors to mitigate risk
✨Several confused tumor surveillance w/ survivorship surveillance for relapse/tx late effects
Pain is NEVER "just physical."
Pain is NEVER "just emotional."
Pain is always *both* physical AND emotional.
🌟Biopsychosocial, always.🌟
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Our Psychology & Biobehavioral Sciences Dept. is hiring faculty with expertise in pediatric development & health psychology, biological psychology, neuropsychology or cognitive neuroscience for clinical, clinician-scientist and research positions. Explore: https://t.co/T2PTHkktYS
Open conversations with children can be difficult, but developmentally appropriate honesty with siblings can enhance their adjustment deepen family relationships.
Today @WilliamLamberth, a Tennessee state representative, asked students protesting gun violence which gun they’d like him to use when shooting them: “If there’s a firearm out there you’re comfortable being shot with, please show me which one it is.”
https://t.co/eiEJWpeNJR