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Today, November 9th, we celebrate Genetic Counselor Awareness Day. Occurring on the second Thursday of November each year, the purpose of...

We value our members and are constantly looking for ways to show appreciation for their continued contribution and loyalty. The CGA-IGC...

Catherine Neumann, BA, LGC, CGA-IGC Research Committee Is Universal Germline Testing for Colorectal Cancer Ready for Primetime?...

Joshua Melson, MD, Vice-chair, CGA-IGC Research Committee Pathogenic Germline Variants and Lynch Syndrome in Patients with Endometrial...

CGA-IGC for the first time has offered travel grants specifically to early-career or trainee genetic counselors. The CGA-IGC Genetic...

Michelle Springer, MS, CGC - CGA-IGC Communication Committee Outcomes of the IMMray PanCan-d™ test in high-risk individuals undergoing...

Media release by Fight CRC Fight Colorectal Cancer (Fight CRC) and Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Gastrointestinal...

On behalf of the CGA-IGC Executive Council, I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of our corporate sponsors. The highly...

On behalf of the CGA-IGC Executive Council, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to our patient advocacy and non-profit partners....

We are proud to honor distinguished #CGAIGC members who have made outstanding contributions to the field of #HereditaryGICancer & our...

Zachariah H Foda, MD, PhD; CGA-IGC Communications Committee In Episode 3 of the 2023 CGA-IGC podcast series, hosted by Julie Yang, MD,...

We are delighted to announce our 2023 Research Grant recipients, the leaders of our field who are working to advance the care of patients...

As part of Hereditary Cancer Awareness Week, we invite you to watch or re-watch our insightful webinar featuring our expert speakers, Ms....

Rita Barbosa-Matos - CGA-IGC Communications Committee As part of #HereditaryCancerAwarenessWeek, we invite you to watch or re-watch our...

Diffuse Gastric and Lobular Breast Cancer Syndrome (DGLBCS) is caused by a genetic alteration passed down through generations within...

The function of the ATM gene is to make sure cells grow and divide at a controlled rate. When the ATM gene is mutated and can’t work...

The CDKN2A gene makes proteins that work as “tumor suppressors.” Tumor suppressor proteins do that - they prevent uncontrolled cell...

Pathogenic variants in a number of different hereditary cancer genes increase the risk for pancreatic cancer. These genes include BRCA1,...

Click here to listen to an interview between CGA-IGC members Dr. Zachariah Foda and Dr. Ajay Bansal about an exciting Lynch Syndrome...

Lynch syndrome is one of the most common inherited cancer syndromes, with an incidence of 1 in 279 in the United States. Significant...