Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
Earlier this week in an opinion piece for the New York Times filmmaker, Angelina Jolie Pitt describes her decision to have her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. The surgery comes just two years after her choice to have a double mastectomy. Genetic tests had confirmed she carried a mutation in the BRCA gene which put her at greater risk for breast and ovarian cancer. Many doctors say her decision was a good one, but it highlights the kinds of challenges genetic test results can present: Please join us to discuss BRCA test results and efforts to stop breast and ovarian cancers before they start.
Guests
- Mary-Claire King Professor of medicine and genome sciences, University of Washington.
- Beth Peshkin Senior genetics counselor, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and professor of oncology,Georgetown University Medical Center.
- Dr Amanda Nickles Fader Director, Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service, associate professor of gynecology and obstetrics, Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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