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Welcome to the
Genetics Resource Hub
The field of genetics is constantly evolving as new data emerges linking genes and disease. As your partner in genetic testing, we’re working to gather the most up-to-date resources in one central location: this Genetics Resource Hub.
The hub also includes resources to help educate the rest of your patients’ healthcare team—and your patients themselves.
This resource page includes:
CancerGene Connect
A complimentary risk assessment and pedigree tool for all clinicians.
Gene of the Week
Each week, Invitae develops and shares a clinic note for a not-so-common gene.
Clinical Consult Services
Peer-to-peer support for clinicians, throughout the testing process.
Referral letters to reach more patients
You see patients all day long, but what about the patients that are not getting referred to you or another genetics professional?
We have developed template letters that you can share with ordering clinicians in your clinic or institution that highlight the importance of genetic testing, the types of patients who should be referred, and space to add a personal note and your contact information.
Webinars
The future of genetic testing: Making genetic information affordable and accessible to all
Randy Scott, PhD, discusses the future of genetic testing and how we can make genetic information affordable and accessible to all
Sherloc: a comprehensive refinement of the ACMG-AMP variant classification criteria
Keith Nykamp, PhD, discusses Invitae’s innovative approach to genetic variant classification, published in the October 2017 issue of Genetics in Medicine.
How to test a test
Steve Lincoln discusses the questions you should be asking of your genetic testing provider
Mosaic genetic variants in hereditary germline genetic testing: the expected and the unexpected
Anne Deucher, PhD, discusses mosaicism in germline genetic testing
Full PMS2 at Invitae: Cheaper, faster, better
Dan Kvitek discusses Invitae’s methodology in sequencing the full PMS2 gene, including exons 12-15.
Patient testing guides
Talking to your doctor about genetic testing
Knowing your family medical history
Testing more affordable than ever
Patient guide: Genetic testing, simplified
Patient guide: Genetic testing for hereditary cancer Patient guide: Finding answers through exome testing
Patient guide: Hereditary breast cancer
Patient guide: Hereditary colorectal cancer
Knowing your family medical history
Testing more affordable than ever
Patient guide: Genetic testing, simplified
Patient guide: Genetic testing for hereditary cancer Patient guide: Finding answers through exome testing
Patient guide: Hereditary breast cancer
Patient guide: Hereditary colorectal cancer
Patient guide: Hereditary gynecologic cancers
Patient guide: Hereditary prostate cancer
Patient guide: Hereditary heart conditions
Patient guide: Hereditary breast cancer (Spanish)
Patient guide: Hereditary colorectal cancer (Spanish)
Patient guide: Hereditary gynecologic cancers (Spanish)
Patient guide: Hereditary heart conditions (Spanish)
Patient guide: Hereditary prostate cancer
Patient guide: Hereditary heart conditions
Patient guide: Hereditary breast cancer (Spanish)
Patient guide: Hereditary colorectal cancer (Spanish)
Patient guide: Hereditary gynecologic cancers (Spanish)
Patient guide: Hereditary heart conditions (Spanish)
Patient videos
Family history
Why is it important to know your family history?
Robin Bennett MS, LGC, PhD Hon.
What are the key questions to ask your family?
Robin Bennett MS, LGC, PhD Hon.
What does a genetic counselor do with my family history information?
Andrea Forman MS, LCGC
Test results
If I test positive, what does it mean for my family?
Robin Bennett MS, LGC, PhD Hon.
What does it mean to have a negative test result for cancer?
Andrea Forman MS, LCGC
How does my genetic testing result affect health insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance?
Andrea Forman MS, LCGC
Genetic counseling
Who should go to see a genetic counselor?
Robin Bennett MS, LGC, PhD Hon.
Why undergo genetic testing?
Invitae Genetic Counseling Services
Template letters for family members
These templates can help patients inform family members about their test results, including next steps those family members may want to take themselves.
Hereditary cancer
- Hereditary cancer (general) template letter (Download .doc)
- Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) template letter (Download .doc)
- Lynch syndrome template letter (Download .doc)
Cardiology
- General inherited cardiovascular condition template letter (Download .doc)
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) template letter (Download .doc)
- Familial thoracic aortic aneurysm and/or dissection (TAAD) template letter (Download .doc)
- Long QT syndrome (LQTS) template letter (Download .doc)
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) template letter (Download .doc)
- Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) template letter (Download .doc)
- Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) template letter (Download .doc)
Clinician resources
As genetic counselors and clinicians work closer and closer together, we have partnered with OncLive to bring you several videos to help clinicians understand all aspects of genetic testing for breast cancer.
Value of a genetic counselor in genetic testing
Claudine J. Isaacs, MD
Choosing a smaller or larger multi-gene panel
Claudine J. Isaacs, MD;
Adam M. Brufsky, MD;
Harold J. Burstein, MD, PhD
Genetic risk assessment for breast cancer
Harold J. Burstein, MD, PhD;
Adam M. Brufsky, MD;
Claudine J. Isaacs, MD
