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Did you miss the #CGAIGCJS Tweetorial on “Long-Term, Prospective Assessment of Cancer Risk in APC c.3920T>A (I1307K) Carriers: Evidence From a Cohort of Over 21,000 Healthy Individuals.” by CGA-IGC communications committee member @DanLiMD ➡️Review it below 👇 🧵 #HereditaryGICancer

📣 In recognition of #NationalResearchAwarenessMonth, CGA-IGC is spotlighting our Research Collaboration webpage, featuring studies led or supported by our members. 🔬 Explore hereditary GI cancer studies: 👉 cgaigc.com/research-colla… 🤝 Have a collaborative research study you would like CGA-IGC to help promote? Learn more about how to have your study featured: 👉 cgaigc.com/copy-of-news 📌 In case you missed it! In 2025, CGA-IGC launched a 3-part Research Collaboration Podcast Series highlighting collaborative research initiatives across the hereditary GI cancer field. 🎧 Listen here: 👉cgaigc.com/podcast #LynchSyndrome #CDH1 #HereditaryGICancer @pAla2Arg @christinedrogan @josiebakerGC

📣 This is a call to action to Genetic Counseling Students (or their Mentors)! 🎓🧬 ➡️ You’ve already presented your thesis, now take it further by submitting it as an abstract for the #CGAIGC26 Annual Meeting, taking place November 2-4, 2026, in Denver, CO📍🏔️ ⏩ If your thesis relates to #HereditaryGICancer or the broader field of cancer genetics, we encourage you to submit. 📍 Learn more below about why and explore the abstract topics here. 🔗 👉 cgaigcmeeting.org/main-topics/ #GeneticCounselors #Mentors #CancerGenetics @josiebakerGC

7/🙏 & tune in every month for #CGAIGC Communications Committee tweetorials on publications that impact our #HereditaryGICancer patients. ➡️Want a curated Journal Scan for #HereditaryGICancer 📨to your📥every month? Become a CGA Member here 👉🔗cgaigc.com/copy-of-about

6/🥇Take home points: 🗝️Findings support NCCN recommendations for colonoscopy every 5 years starting at age 40 for APC I1307K carriers 🗝️Increased #melanoma risk underscores the importance of awareness and screening for melanoma in this population

1/Welcome to the #CGAIGCJS Tweetorial on “Long-Term, Prospective Assessment of Cancer Risk in APC c.3920T>A (I1307K) Carriers: Evidence From a Cohort of Over 21,000 Healthy Individuals.” by CGA-IGC communications committee member @DanLiMD ➡️Full article in Gastroenterology @Gastrojournal. 👉🔗pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41665579/ #HereditaryGICancer 🧵

👍to see so many people interested in learning more about #HereditaryGICancer ➕ @burkegastrodoc is a fabulous teacher 🙌 ➡️If the Ground Rounds participants @AdventHealthCFL are interested in accessing more #HereditaryGICancer education resources consider joining CGA-IGC here 👉cgaigc.com/copy-of-about ➡️For an in-person educational experience come to #CGAIGC26 in Denver from 2-4 November. Submit an abstract or just come for an incredible scientific & networking experience. Learn more here 👉cgaigcmeeting.org

🧬 CGA-IGC is pleased to announce a new partnership with Project DNA and @cityofhope to offer educational scholarships to CGA-IGC member advanced practice providers, physicians, residents, and fellows to participate in the City of Hope Intensive Course on Genomic Cancer Risk Assessment. 🎓 These scholarships aim to help awardees build skills in genetic risk assessment and testing, while supporting the development or expansion of genetic testing infrastructure at their home institutions. 💡 Project DNA will cover course-related costs, excluding travel, and City of Hope will offer course enrollment at a 50% discount to help maximize scholarship and educational opportunities. 🤝 CGA-IGC also offers Clinical Cancer Genomics Community of Practice members a discounted first year of membership and discounted registration to the CGA-IGC Annual Meeting. 📍 Learn more here 👉cgaigc.com/post/project-d… 📍 Apply here 👉 redcap.coh.org/surveys/?s=4M4… #GenomicMedicine #CancerGenetics #HereditaryCancer #GeneticTesting #HereditaryGICancer @josiebakerGC

Great news &🙏to all our members who signed on to @FightCRC letter to the CDC in support of creating an ICD-10 code for #LynchSyndrome 🧬This represents a critical advancement in the identification, tracking, surveillance, & study of hereditary cancer syndromes ‼️Accurate and specific coding will play an important role in helping healthcare providers, researchers, health systems, & life sciences companies identify genetic & hereditary syndromes earlier & more consistently, ultimately supporting improved care & continued advances in research ➡️This milestone reflects the power of sustained advocacy & collaboration, & CGA-IGC looks forward to contributing to this important work alongside our members and partners, like Fight CRC 📍Learn more here cgaigc.com/post/fight-crc… 📍Fight CRC press release here fightcolorectalcancer.org/fight-crc-secu… #HereditaryGICancer

📣 As National Nurses Awareness Week comes to a close, we’re giving a special shout-out to nurses working in #HereditaryGICancer! 🧬 Whether you’re new to the field or looking to grow your expertise, we invite you to join CGA-IGC. 🔥 Now through May 15, 2026, nurses can save $30 on annual or 3-year Allied Health Professional membership plans. 🏷️ Annual plan: use code NurseA26 at checkout 🏷️ 3-year plan: use code Nurse326 at checkout Membership includes: 🧬 A welcoming multidisciplinary community 🎟️ Discounted Annual Meeting registration 📚 10% off the CCGCOP Intensive Course in Cancer Risk Assessment 📰 Monthly Journal Scans 💻 Free high-yield webinars 🤝 Networking events at other conferences ✨ And more! 📍Join CGA-IGC and connect with a community advancing hereditary GI cancer care. #NationalNurseAwarenessWeek #Nursing #Genetics #CancerGenetics #GIOncology #NursePractitioners #AdvancedPracticeNurses @josiebakerGC

Submit your abstract for #CGAIGC26 and you may be eligible for an early career or trainee research award. 🧬 Young researchers can apply for the Borrelli Family Lynch Syndrome Research Awards or the Thomas K. Weber Research Scholar Award, depending on their research focus in #HereditaryGICancer. 📅 Apply by June 1, 2026. Abstract Submission: bit.ly/4n81841 Thomas K. Weber Research Scholar Award: bit.ly/4uzE8Nz Borrelli Family Lynch Syndrome Research Awards: bit.ly/3RuNtYH

🧬 The #HereditaryGICancer field may be small, but it continues to punch above its weight with high-quality, impactful content at #DDW2026! 👏Our past president Carol Burke (@burkegastrodoc) was also recognized with the prestigious Gastrointestinal Oncology (Gionc) Section Research Mentor Award. 🍻CGA-IGC members also took the time out of a busy congress schedule to connect, network & unwind at our 3rd Annual Pints & Polyps Happy Hour 📍Now an official CGA-IGC member benefit, Pints & Polyps offers a relaxed opportunity to build connections beyond the formal sessions & another great reason to join us & be eligible for future member networking events. ➡️Join us here👉🔗cgaigc.com/copy-of-about @josiebakerGC

🧬 CGA-IGC members continue to contribute expertise across hereditary GI cancer, cancer prevention, screening, surveillance & risk stratification at #DDW2026. ➡️Explore today's sessions below 👇 Don't miss: 📍 Negative Testing, Positive Suspicion: Approach to Unresolved Hereditary GI Cancer Syndrome Cases 🕙 10:00 AM 📌 W192 🚨Featuring leading voices in #HereditaryGICancer, this session will explore the gray zones that arise when hereditary gi cancer suspicion remains high despite negative or inconclusive #genetictesting. #DDW2026 #Genetics #prevention

🧬 CGA-IGC members are once again well represented at #DDW2026! 👏 Thanks to @OphirGilad for reviewing the DDW program and helping us spotlight member presentations. 🚨Today, Saturday, @evilarsan shares exciting work on novel cancer vaccines for GI cancer prevention. 💉 ➡️On Sunday, don’t miss CGA-IGC member sessions spanning early-onset CRC, familial cancer syndromes, cancer genetics, and multidisciplinary rectal cancer care with @DavidLiskaMD 📍Explore the sessions below 👇 and make time for hereditary GI cancer content at #DDW2026 💙

📣 For #PatientExperienceWeek2026, we’re reflecting on how to build the skills and capacity needed to improve patient experience in practice🧬 ➡️In hereditary GI cancer, experience is closely linked to care, from family history & genetic testing to surveillance & prevention decisions 📍Improving patient experience requires education, multidisciplinary collaboration, research that reflects real-world journeys, & access to evidence-based resources ‼️ Join CGA-IGC for tailored #HereditaryGICancer education at every career stage & a close-knit community that fosters research collaboration, clinical exchange, lifelong friendships & support 🚨Learn more & join here👉🔗cgaigc.com/copy-of-about