Manage Cancer Risk

Penn Medicine oncologist and Basser Center researcher Vivek Narayan, MD, MS, discusses BRCA-related prostate cancer treatment, recent scientific innovations, and the importance of philanthropy.

Basser Center Executive Director Susan Domchek, MD, discusses what she hopes will be the next advances in BRCA-related research and hereditary cancer care, including liquid biopsies and determining individualized risk.

Basser Center Genetic Counselor Jacquelyn Powers, MS, LCGC, discusses the basic of BRCA mutations in men and shares helpful information like associated cancer risk and typical screening recommendations.

The Basser Center's Young Leadership Council presents a panel on racial health disparities, moderated by women's health advocate Alejandra Campoverdi, with the participation of Basser oncologist Payal Shah, MD, and Basser Young Leadership Council members Ashley Dedmon and Nicole Garcia.

Basser Executive Director Susan, Domchek, MD, discusses BRCA mutations and the ways in which individualized risk for hereditary cancer can be determined.

The Basser Young Leadership Council speaks to Ben Black, PhD, of Penn Medicine's Biochemistry and Biophysics department, about recent advancements in breast cancer research.

At the 2020 Basser Scientific Symposium, Global Prize winners Douglas Easton, PhD, and Antonis Antoniou, Phd, from Cambridge University, presented their keynote addresses.

Alejandra Campoverdi, patient advocate and co-founder of the Basser Center's LATINOS & BRCA initiative, discusses the importance of raising awareness of hereditary cancer in the Latino community.

Basser Director of Gynecologic Research, Ronny Drapkin, MD, PhD, discusses the cellular origins of ovarian cancer in the fallopian tubes.

Basser Director of Gynecologic Cancer Research, Ronny Drapkin, MD, PhD, discusses the relationship between ovarian cancer and the fallopian tubes and highlights the importance of BRCA-related cancer research.