CGA-IGC Podcast Series

On the occasion of the 2022 #PrevivorDay and #HereditaryCancerWeek , we're delighted to bring you a podcast debate as part of the CGA-IGC 2022 Podcast Series - Episode 6. This episode is hosted by Michael J. Hall, MD, MS , Fox Chase Cancer Centre and features Heather Hampel, MS, CGC , City of Hope and Matthew B. Yurgelun , MD , Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The debate features  Professor Heather H...

This episode is hosted by Beth Dudley, MS, MPH, CGC , University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and features Michael G. Goggins, M.B.B.CH., M.D. , The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Together they discuss “The Multicenter Cancer of Pancreas Screening Study: Impact on Stage and Survival” which was published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology and fou...

This episode is hosted by Joshua Sommovilla, M.D , The Sanford R. Weiss, MD Center for Hereditary Colorectal Neoplasia at the Cleveland Clinic and features Matthew Kalady, M.D, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Mohammad Abbas, M.D., MPH , Northwestern University. Together they discuss “Evaluation of Urinalysis-Based Screening for Urothelial Carcinoma in Patients With Lynch Syndro...

This episode is hosted by Thomas (T.J.) Slavin, M.D.,FACMGG, PhD and features Rachel Hodan, MS, CGC, Genetic Counselor & Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University, Cancer Genetics Clinic and Kimberly Perez, MD, Gastrointestinal Medical Oncologist & Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Together they discuss “Patterns of germline and somatic testing after...

This episode is hosted by Thomas (T.J.) Slavin, M.D.,FACMGG, PhD and features Bryson Katona, M.D., PhD, Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Genetics Program & Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; and Jessica Long, MS, CGC, Division of Hematology–Oncology, Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania .  Together they discuss the article “E...

This episode is hosted by Maureen May, MS, CGC and features Bronwyn Bedrick, M.D., M.S.C.I. , who is a Gynecology and Obstetrics Resident Physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital.   Together they discuss the article “Creating Breast and Gynecologic Cancer Guidelines for Transgender Patients With BRCA Mutations,” which was published in Obstetrics & Gynecology and found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm....

This episode is hosted by Dr. Thomas Slavin (T.J.) and features Amy K. Otto, PhD, who is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.  Together they discuss the article “Impact of Patients' Companions on Clinical Encounters Between Black Patients and Their Non-Black Oncologists,” which was published in JCO Oncology...

This episode is hosted by Dr. Thomas Slavin (T.J.) and features Rachel Pearlman, MS, CGC, who is a Licensed, Certified Genetic Counselor and Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Together they discuss the article “Prospective Statewide Study of Universal Screening for Hereditary Colorectal Cancer: The Ohio Colorectal Ca...

This episode is hosted by Dr. Thomas Slavin (T.J.) and features Dr. Eduardo Vilar-Sanchez. Dr. Vilar-Sanchez is a medical oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Together they discuss “Naproxen chemoprevention promotes immune activation in Lynch syndrome colorectal mucosa,” which was published in Gut and found here:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32641470/ This episode was recorded on March 26,...

This episode is hosted by Dr. Thomas Slavin (T.J.) and features Dr. Bryson Katona and Dr. Suzanne MacFarland. Dr. Katona is a gastroenterologist at Penn Medicine and Dr. MacFarland is an oncologist in the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Together they discuss their recent publication, “Phenotypic Differences in Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome With or Without a Disease-causing SMAD4/BMPR1A Variant,...

This episode is hosted by Dr. Thomas Slavin (T.J.) and features Dr. Carol Burke, a gastroenterologist at the Cleveland Clinic. They discuss a study of combination therapy to delay disease progression in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine, found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32905675/ This episode was recorded on January 1...

The sixth episode, hosted by Dr. TJ Slavin, features Dr. Sonia Kupfer, a gastroenterologist at University of Chicago and former CGA-IGC president. They discuss the updated clinical practice guidelines for hereditary diffuse gastric cancer that were recently published online in Lancet Oncology, found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32758476/ . This episode was recorded on September 21, 2020,...

The fifth episode, hosted by CGA-IGC Council Member Dr. Swati Patel, features Sir John Burn, who is a professor of clinical genetics at Newcastle University, and Dr. Toni Seppälä, who is a GI surgeon from University of Helsinki currently conducting a research fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. They discuss recently updated data from the CAPP2 study of aspirin chemoprevention in individuals wi...

This episode is hosted by Dr. Leah Biller and features Dr. Zsofia Stadler, a medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and CGA council member, and Dr. Michael Hall, a medical oncologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center and CGA past president. They discuss data from Abstract 1500 (https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/185963/abstract), which reports on targeted therapy based on germli...

The third episode, hosted by CGA-IGC Council Member Dr. Swati Patel, features Dr. Arne Bleijenberg, who is a research fellow at Amsterdam University Medical Center, and Dr. Evelien Dekker, who is a professor in the Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology and Gastrointestinal Oncology and the head of the Hereditary Cancer Center at the Amsterdam University Medical Center. They discuss the r...

The second episode features Dr. Leah Biller, CGA education committee member, who is interviewed by fellow CGA education committee member TJ Slavin. They discuss "A Multi-Institutional Cohort of Therapy-Associated Polyposis in Childhood and Young Adulthood Cancer Survivors", recently published online in Cancer Prevention Research. You can find the article here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3...

Each episode of the 2020 season of the CGA-IGC podcast series will be a short journal club featuring a recently published article of interest to our membership. The first episode features Brandie Heald Leach, former CGA president, who is interviewed by CGA education committee member TJ Slavin. They discuss the CGA-IGC position statement on multi-gene panel testing for hereditary colorectal cancer...

The 2019 season of the CGA-IGC podcast series, Expert Approach to Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancers, will focus on the management of extra-colonic features of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, or FAP. FAP is an inherited condition that is primarily characterized by the development of many colon polyps and an increased risk for colon cancer, but there are other aspects of FAP that are also importan...

The 2019 season of the CGA-IGC podcast series, Expert Approach to Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancers, will focus on the management of extra-colonic features of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, or FAP. FAP is an inherited condition that is primarily characterized by the development of many colon polyps and an increased risk for colon cancer, but there are other aspects of FAP that are also importan...

The 2019 season of the CGA-IGC podcast series, Expert Approach to Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancers, will focus on the management of extra-colonic features of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, or FAP. FAP is an inherited condition that is primarily characterized by the development of many colon polyps and an increased risk for colon cancer, but there are other aspects of FAP that are also importan...

The 2019 season of the CGA-IGC podcast series, Expert Approach to Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancers, will focus on the management of extra-colonic features of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, or FAP. FAP is an inherited condition that is primarily characterized by the development of many colon polyps and an increased risk for colon cancer, but there are other aspects of FAP that are also importan...

The 2019 season of the CGA-IGC podcast series, Expert Approach to Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancers, will focus on the management of extra-colonic features of APC-Associated conditions. In the second episode, Dr. Daniel Worthley, an expert in hereditary cancer syndromes from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, tells the tale of how Gastric Adenocarcinoma and Proximal Poly...

The 2019 season of the CGA-IGC podcast series, Expert Approach to Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancers, will focus on the management of extra-colonic features of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, or FAP. FAP is an inherited condition that is primarily characterized by the development of many colon polyps and an increased risk for colon cancer, but there are other aspects of FAP that are also importan...

How to counsel patients about the link between Breast Cancer and Lynch Syndrome featuring Dr. Nadine Tung In this episode, Dr. Katherine A. Germansky interviews Dr. Nadine Tung, Director of Breast Medical Oncology and Director of Cancer Genetics and Prevention Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She will be discussing the link between Lynch Syndrome and Breast Cancer. Hosted by: Katha...

How to counsel patients about urologic cancer risks featuring Dr. Jodi Maranchie. In this episode, Beth Dudley interviews Dr. Jodi Maranchie, a Urologist at the University of Pittsburgh. She will be discussing how she talks to Lynch Syndrome patients about urologic cancer risks, screening options and special considerations in treatment. Hosted by: Beth Dudley, MS Genetic Counselor at University of...