Catching Cancer Before it Catches You: Medical and Halachic Implications of BRCA Gene Testing

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November 23 2008
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1h 54min 20s
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Series: YU Student Medical Ethics Society

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

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Science & Medicine,  Women 

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A panel discussion featuring Rav Mordechai Willig, Dr. Stanley Waintraub, MD, Aliza Sara Ricklis, Ann Frisch. Organized by Yeshiva University's Student Medical Ethics Society, this event was a medical and halachic discussion on the importance of BRCA gene mutation screening, its relevance in detection of breast, ovarian, colon, and prostate cancer, and the halachic ramifications of healthy tissue removal. For more information please visit www.yu.edu/medicalethics

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