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Gary L. Thompson: Lesley Fallowfield exploring ways to enable clinicians and genetic counselors to discuss challenging topics

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Jul 10, 2024, 17:46

Gary L. Thompson: Lesley Fallowfield exploring ways to enable clinicians and genetic counselors to discuss challenging topics

Gary L. Thompson, Board Chair of Side-Out Foundation, shared on X:

“Day 208/262 of my ‘tour’ of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation funded researchers still has me in the UK. Today, Brighton. Lesley Fallowfield (Brighton and Sussex Medical School) is ‘exploring ways to enable clinicians and genetic counselors to discuss challenging topics such as genetic risk and testing in ways patients can more easily understand.” In other studies, her team is determining ways to address the informational gaps, unmet care, and support needs of women with metastatic breast cancer.’”

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