ONS member Suzanne Mahon, RN, DNSc, AOCN®, AGN-BC, clinical nurse specialist and professor at Saint Louis University in Missouri, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss her ONS Congress presentation on hereditary cancer genetics, collaborating with genetic professionals, and how genetic testing influences cancer prevention and care.

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Episode Notes:

Check out these resources from today’s episode:

• The NCPD activity for this episode has expired, but you can still earn NCPD through many other Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes. Find a full list of opportunities.
• Episode 13: What You Need to Know About At-Home Genetic Testing
• Hereditary Cancer Genetics 101 presentation from the ONS 44th Annual Congress
• What Genetics Means in Hereditary Cancer
• Genetics and genomics articles from the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing
• Genetics and genomics articles from ONS Voice