In the Family: Support Group
Clip: Season 21 Episode 12 | 1m 53s
Joanna Rudnick visits a support group for other women at risk for cancer.
In the second clip from the 'In the Family' lesson plan, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick visits a support group and hears about the medical treatment choices and consequences of a number of women who tested positive for the breast cancer mutation. Discuss treatment choices students would make if they were in that situation.
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In the Family: Support Group
Clip: Season 21 Episode 12 | 1m 53s
In the second clip from the 'In the Family' lesson plan, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick visits a support group and hears about the medical treatment choices and consequences of a number of women who tested positive for the breast cancer mutation. Discuss treatment choices students would make if they were in that situation.
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In the Family: African American Women and Breast Cancer
Clip: S21 Ep12 | 5m 7s | African American women discuss the need to raise awareness for genetic testing. (5m 7s)
In the Family: Filmmaker Interview with Joanna Rudnick
Clip: S21 Ep12 | 1m 20s | Rudnick talks about her film and her decision to get tested for the "breast cancer gene." (1m 20s)
In the Family: Gene Mutation Animation
Clip: S21 Ep12 | 1m 46s | A doctor explains how a gene mutation can raise a woman's risk for breast cancer. (1m 46s)
In the Family: Hanke Family Test Results
Clip: S21 Ep12 | 3m 57s | Three sisters receive their breast cancer gene test results. (3m 57s)
In the Family: Interview with Dr. Mark Skolnick
Clip: S21 Ep12 | 4m 4s | Filmmaker Joanna Rudnick interviews the founder of Myriad Genetics. (4m 4s)
In the Family: Joanna Visits Myriad
Clip: S21 Ep12 | 1m 7s | Rudnick asks Myriad scientists to explain the genetic mutation in the BRCA gene. (1m 7s)
Clip: S21 Ep12 | 1m 14s | Olga and her family discuss the high rate of breast cancer among Latina women. (1m 14s)
In the Family: Reconstructive Surgery
Clip: S21 Ep12 | 4m 11s | Joanna Rudnick talks with a plastic surgeon who specializes in reconstructive surgery. (4m 11s)
In the Family: The Hanke Sisters
Clip: S21 Ep12 | 3m 44s | A genetic counselor explains options for reducing cancer risk in women with BRCA mutation. (3m 44s)
In the Family: Film Update (2008)
Clip: S21 Ep12 | 3m 26s | What's been going on in the lives of the Hanke family, Olga, Martha Hayley, and Joanna. (3m 26s)
Preview: S21 Ep12 | 3m 2s | 2009 Emmy Nominee: A 27-year-old discovers that she has the "breast cancer gene." (3m 2s)
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