Telehealth in a Pediatric Patient with Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome
During COVID19, telemedicine was adapted by many practices to serve patients with a variety of health conditions including those affected by cancer. Here we report an 11-year-old patient who went to her dentist where a routine panorama x-ray showed multiple jaw keratocysts. Because jaw keratocysts can be identified with a hereditary predispos...
By Allison Jay, Anthony Hamame, M.Susan Jay
Tale of Two Counties With the Same Telehealth Story: Experience with Cancer Genetics Testing During COVID-19 at a Community Hospital
Introduction: With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the utilization of telemedicine now offered an alternative diagnostic and treatment resource to providers in many areas of medicine including oncology and cancer genetics. This care option paired with genetic testing labs’ ability to send saliva-based DNA collection kits to patien...
By Allison Jay, Hannah Kelley, Susan M. Jay