Genetic Counselor

New genetic discoveries are changing the method by which a patient’s risk for certain cancers may be determined and managed.   When the physicians of the Hayworth Cancer Center identify  appropriate patients for genetic risk counseling and testing, they refer them to a specially trained nurse located at the Piedmont Comprehensive Women’s Center.    Typically, these patients have a strong family history of breast, ovarian, melanoma, or colorectal cancers.  Comprehensive cancer genetic risk counseling includes cancer risk assessment and education, facilitation of genetic testing, pre- and post-test counseling and follow-up, and the provision of personally tailored cancer risk management options and recommendations.