If you’re thinking about getting genetic testing to assess your cancer risk, you may want to consider meeting with a counselor. But what is a genetic counselor, and what can they do for you?
Rachel Webster, a genetic counselor at MD Anderson Cancer Center, explains that her job is to figure out what type of genetic testing may be most useful for the person she is meeting with and their family members. However, genetic counselors are not always easily accessible. “You may find them in your larger cities or at major medical centers,” Webster says. “They are popping up in more and more community hospitals across the country.”
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