Friday, July 27, 2012

Yale Cancer Genetic Counselors Speak with "Yale Cancer Center Answers" - Airing this Sunday Night

Please tune in this Sunday July 29, 2012 to the weekly Yale Cancer Center Answers radio show which will feature our own Ellen Matloff, MS, CGC and Karina Brierley, CGC discussing their recent publication “Adverse Events in Cancer Genetic Testing: Medical, Ethical, Legal and Financial Implications”. This publication presents a national series of cases illustrating errors resulting from cancer genetic counseling and testing performed by clinicians without specialization in genetics and the resulting impact on medical liability, health care costs, the patients and their families.

This show will air Sunday July 29, 2012 at 6pm on WNPR (90.5 FM Hartford/New Haven, 89.1 FM Norwich/New London, 88.5 FM Stamford/Greenwich, 91.3 FM Southampton, NY, 99.5 FM Storrs, WECS 90.1 FM Willimantic, WVOF 88.5FM Fairfield). You can also tune in live online at www.wnpr.org and find archives of the programs after they are broadcast at http://medicine.yale.edu/cancer/patient/answers/index.aspx