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Patrick Sung, DPhil, of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is awarded the 2024 Basser Global Prize for his cutting-edge work in the field of DNA damage repair.

TODAY Show contributor and breast cancer survivor Jill Martin launched a new clothing collaboration with the NBA and WNBA to raise awareness of breast cancer and genetic testing, especially for cancers related to the BRCA gene mutation.

Dr. Susan Domchek spoke with breast cancer survivor and Basser Advisory Board member, reporter Stacey Sager, about how the future of breast cancer treatment is brighter than ever, with a wealth of new therapies and research making it into the clinic.

Susan Domchek, MD, executive director of the Basser Center, took part in a live interview on the TODAY Show with breast cancer survivor and Basser Advisory Board member Jill Martin.

Basser executive director Susan Domchek, MD, explains how a class of drugs called PARP inhibitors can help treat cancers related to BRCA mutations to ABC7 news reporter Stacey Sager, who shared an update on her cancer journey.

Dr. Kara Maxwell states that although men with BRCA mutations are at greater risk for breast, pancreatic, or prostate cancers, BRCA testing is underutilized in men.

Dr. Kara Maxwell explained why clinicians should be “vigilant” about offering genetic testing to men.

Dr. Kara Maxwell explained that although males are equally as likely to harbor germline BRCA mutations, a lower proportion of males undergo cancer genetic testing compared with females.

Money raised from the Mid Penn Bank Celebrity Golf Classic at Hershey Country Club will support cancer research at the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition and the Basser Center for BRCA at Penn Medicine.