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Driving Impact: CGA-IGC’s 2026 CRC Awareness Month Campaign
We’re excited to once again serve as a resource for our members and the wider hereditary GI cancer community during the 2026 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. At CGA-IGC, our mission is to empower healthcare professionals with the knowledge they need to care for patients with hereditary GI cancer. Thanks again to our wonderful Communication Committee members who have been working tirelessly to create this month's content. This would not be possible without their hard work
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Feb 272 min read
Advancing Equity in Hereditary Cancer Genetics: Addressing Disparities in African American Communities
Michelle Springer, MS, CGC - Chair, CGA-IGC Communication Committee During Black History Month, we take time to celebrate the strength, achievements, and lasting impact of Black communities. It’s also an opportunity to address the inequities that continue to influence health outcomes today. The article “Genetic Evaluation for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes Among African Americans: A Critical Review” takes a closer look at one of those gaps: unequal access to genetic testing an
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Feb 252 min read
Novel Detection Methods for Endometrial Cancers in Lynch Syndrome
Mehul Trivedi, MD - CGA-IGC Communications Committee Member We kicked off the 2026 CGA-IGC webinar series with a discussion on novel detection methods for endometrial cancer (EC) in Lynch syndrome (LS) . We heard from Dr. Alicia Latham from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Dr. Jessica St. Laurent from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, who shared their work on EC screening strategies. Watch it HERE We started by reviewing the current l
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Feb 242 min read
Join Us in Supporting Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month with Fight CRC this March!
Michelle Springer, MS, CGC - Chair, CGA-IGC Communication Committee "CGA‑IGC is honored to once again join Fight CRC on the National Mall this March. Together, we’re amplifying the voices of families, survivors, and advocates as we advance awareness, prevention, and research in the fight against colorectal cancer." Elana Levinson, MS, MPH, CGC, CGAF President, CGA-IGC Blue Flags Initiative . United in Blue is FightCRC’s powerful initiative that transforms the National Ma
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Feb 232 min read
Genetic Counseling and the LDS Church: Navigating Faith, Family, and Medicine: CGA-IGC Genetic Counseling & Religion Podcast Series - Episode 3
Blake Jones MD - CGA-IGC Communications Committee Member The third and final episode of CGA-IGC’s Genetic Counseling and Religion podcast series brings the conversation to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), highlighting how faith, family, and medicine intersect for members of this global Christian community. The host, Josie Baker MS, CGC is joined by Lindsey Walker, MS, LCGC a pediatric genetic counselor at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and a membe
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Feb 103 min read
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