{"id":1967,"date":"2015-05-20T03:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T08:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2015-05-15T14:00:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T19:00:47","slug":"angelina-effect-causes-an-increase-in-genetic-cancer-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/20\/angelina-effect-causes-an-increase-in-genetic-cancer-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Angelina&#8221; Effect Causes An Increase in Genetic Cancer Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-636\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MP9003901131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-636\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MP9003901131-200x280.jpg\" alt=\"DNA\" width=\"200\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MP9003901131-200x280.jpg 200w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MP9003901131.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Genetic Predisposition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Hereditary ovarian and breast cancer have made the news in recent years thanks to Angelina Jolie. The actress made headlines in 2013 after revealing that she had a double mastectomy after finding out that she carries genetic mutations that increase her risk of breast and ovarian cancer. In 2015, she had her fallopian tubes and ovaries removed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Jolie\u2019s disclosures have raised awareness of these types of cancer, prompting more women to undergo genetic testing for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations. However, in the latest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/2015\/04\/13\/aetna-cigna-balk-as-angelina-effect-spurs-genetic-cancer-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\">cancer news<\/a>, some major insurance companies are refusing to cover the costs of this testing. These companies, which include Aetna and Cigna, won\u2019t cover these costs out of concern that the tests are unproven and might end up causing patients to seek unnecessary medical care, such as preventive chemotherapy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Health experts, including physicians and genetic counselors, have defended these tests, stating that delaying them could be putting patients who do carry these mutations at risk. If they knew that they were carriers, they could be taking steps to reduce their risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer, such as making dietary changes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Some health professionals also state that making these tests cost-prohibitive makes it harder for researchers to study their effectiveness in more detail. Health experts are encouraging insurance companies to cover the costs of genetic testing for cancer in order to reduce the costs associated with eventually having to <a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\/newissels\/treatment-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\">treat cancer<\/a> in those with a high risk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">To keep up with the latest cancer news and to learn more about non-toxic forms of treatment, please <a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\/questionnaire\/request-issels-info.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">visit Issels\u00ae<\/a>. We offer integrative immunotherapy for a variety of cancers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hereditary ovarian and breast cancer have made the news in recent years thanks to Angelina Jolie. The actress made headlines in 2013 after revealing that she had a double mastectomy after finding out that she carries genetic mutations that increase her risk of breast and ovarian cancer. In 2015, she had her fallopian tubes and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/20\/angelina-effect-causes-an-increase-in-genetic-cancer-testing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Angelina&#8221; Effect Causes An Increase in Genetic Cancer Testing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,203],"tags":[259,292,418],"class_list":["post-1967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-cancer-research","tag-fighting-cancer","tag-genetics","tag-ovarian-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1970,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions\/1970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}