Genetic Testing
Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk
A good introduction from the National Cancer Institute.
In the Family
This documentary film follows the story of previvor Joanna Rudnick and several families affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
Understanding your negative BRCA test result
This website is maintained by the Ferre Institute, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides services in genetics and reproductive health.
ACLU Challenges Patents On Breast Cancer Genes: BRCA
Website for the American Civil Liberties Union, with information about their lawsuit against Myriad Genetics over their patent of the BRCA genes.
Myriad Genetics
Information for consumers and health care providers, including charts of BRCA prevalence, produced by the laboratory that conducts BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 testing
Ferre Institute
Ferre Institute has created a resource for individuals who have undergone testing for two of the genes that cause the majority of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, BRCA1 and BRCA2, and have tested negative or have been found to have a variant.
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