
Ed Esplin, MD, PhD
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Clinical Geneticist, MD, PhD, FACMG, CGAF, FACP @Invitae @Labcorp Genetics
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📢Have you listened to🎙️2? It focuses on the #Gastric CDHI Multicenter Consortium & features Ophir Gilad one of the consortium leads. ➡️Learn more about their current work & vision for the future by listening to the 🎙️& reading the 📜written by our comms cttee member


12% of #patients w/ #breastcancer >65 yo had a PGV on comprehensive multigene panel #germline #genetictesting onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/js… Journal of Surgical Oncology Wiley in research Only ~55% of #patients >65 yo w/ #TNBC #breastcancer received #germlinetesting, though all w/ TNBC are recommended




🎧 Don’t miss the final episode of our research collaboration podcast series! 👉 tinyurl.com/3dabbnw7 Emma Keel (Emma Keel (she/her)) chats with Melyssa Aronson (Melyssa Aronson ) & Lucie Stengs from the IRRDC about their global work on rare genetic disorders like #CMMRD. From


Only 39% of #patients w/ #pancreaticcancer offered #germline #genetictesting post National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) #universal recommendation, vs. 34% pre-universal recommendation, per #DrDerkKlatte et al. "...this study underscores the #underutilization of #germline GT despite guideline recommendations



"Ultimately, we need to implement #universal #somatic and #germlinetesting in all #patients with #cancer if we are serious about beating most cancer types. " Vivek Subbiah, MD et al. Nature Medicine c/w ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/PO… JCO Precision Oncology ASCO Invitae Labcorp

1/Welcome to #CGAIGCJS Tweetorial on “Neoplasia Detection Through Colonic Surveillance Among Young Individuals With MSH6/PMS2-Associated #LynchSyndrome” by CGA-IGC communications committee member Dan Li Full article in AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology at DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000003369






📢May is National Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month—a time to highlight experiences of the AAPI community. ➡️In recognition of this month, Chandrika Kurpad, MS, LCGC a member of our Communications Committee, authored a thoughtful blog post titled "Understanding Barriers to


📢Join us for an informative webinar on the advancements in #cancer prevention for individuals with #LynchSyndrome. 📅 Wednesday, June 18th 🕛 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT ➡️Register here 👉tinyurl.com/e5t7krtt Expert speakers Holli Loomans-Kropp, PhD, MPH, & Ajay Bansal , MD,





"#Genetictesting of an #unselected #gastriccancer cohort: Uncovering #germline mutations and their #clinical #implications." #Germline PVs in 8.7%, including: #BRCA2 (2.9%), #BARD1 (1.4%), #MSH2 (1.4%), #MSH6 (2.9%). c/w link.springer.com/article/10.100… PVs in 17%, Pedro Uson Junior, MD et al.