Wendy S Rubinstein

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Publications

  1. ncbi Hereditary breast cancer in Jews
    Wendy S Rubinstein
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, 1000 Central Street, Suite 620, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    Fam Cancer 3:249-57. 2004
  2. ncbi Cost-effectiveness of population-based BRCA1/2 testing and ovarian cancer prevention for Ashkenazi Jews: a call for dialogue
    Wendy S Rubinstein
    NorthShore University HealthSystem Center for Medical Genetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 1000 Central Street, Suite 620, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    Genet Med 11:629-39. 2009
  3. ncbi Clinical utility of family history for cancer screening and referral in primary care: a report from the Family Healthware Impact Trial
    Wendy S Rubinstein
    Department of Medicine, Division of Genetics, NorthShore University Healthsystem, Evanston, Illinois 60201, USA
    Genet Med 13:956-65. 2011
  4. ncbi Endocrine cancer predisposition syndromes: hereditary paraganglioma, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2, and hereditary thyroid cancer
    Wendy S Rubinstein
    Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 24:907-37. 2010
  5. ncbi Components of family history associated with women's disease perceptions for cancer: a report from the Family Healthware™ Impact Trial
    Wendy S Rubinstein
    Center for Medical Genetics, NorthShore University Healthsystem, 1000 Central Street, Suite 620, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    Genet Med 13:52-62. 2011
  6. ncbi Familial risk for common diseases in primary care: the Family Healthware Impact Trial
    Suzanne M O'Neill
    Center for Medical Genetics, NorthShore University HealthSystem formerly Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Illinois, USA
    Am J Prev Med 36:506-14. 2009
  7. ncbi Referral to cancer genetic counseling: are there stages of readiness?
    Suzanne M O'Neill
    Center for Medical Genetics, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, 1000 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 142:221-31. 2006
  8. ncbi Psychological impact of recall in high-risk breast MRI screening
    Suzanne M O'Neill
    Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 115:365-71. 2009
  9. ncbi Roles and responsibilities of a medical geneticist
    Wendy S Rubinstein
    Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Center for Medical Genetics, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    Fam Cancer 7:5-14. 2008
  10. ncbi Detection of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Ashkenazi Jewish founder mutations in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues using conventional PCR and heteroduplex/amplicon size differences
    Kathy A Mangold
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, NorthShore University Healthsystem, 2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    J Mol Diagn 12:20-6. 2010

Detail Information

Publications16

  1. ncbi Hereditary breast cancer in Jews
    Wendy S Rubinstein
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, 1000 Central Street, Suite 620, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    Fam Cancer 3:249-57. 2004
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  2. ncbi Cost-effectiveness of population-based BRCA1/2 testing and ovarian cancer prevention for Ashkenazi Jews: a call for dialogue
    Wendy S Rubinstein
    NorthShore University HealthSystem Center for Medical Genetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 1000 Central Street, Suite 620, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    Genet Med 11:629-39. 2009
    ..Cost-effectiveness and gains in life expectancy are important factors in evaluating the desirability of population-based genetic screening, currently the only viable strategy to identify carriers with unrevealing family histories...
  3. ncbi Clinical utility of family history for cancer screening and referral in primary care: a report from the Family Healthware Impact Trial
    Wendy S Rubinstein
    Department of Medicine, Division of Genetics, NorthShore University Healthsystem, Evanston, Illinois 60201, USA
    Genet Med 13:956-65. 2011
    ..To assess the effectiveness of computerized familial risk assessment and tailored messages for identifying individuals for targeted cancer prevention strategies and motivating behavior change...
  4. ncbi Endocrine cancer predisposition syndromes: hereditary paraganglioma, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2, and hereditary thyroid cancer
    Wendy S Rubinstein
    Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 24:907-37. 2010
    ..This article delineates the clinical presentation and practical management issues and summarizes the history, gene discovery, and molecular insights for each syndrome...
  5. ncbi Components of family history associated with women's disease perceptions for cancer: a report from the Family Healthware™ Impact Trial
    Wendy S Rubinstein
    Center for Medical Genetics, NorthShore University Healthsystem, 1000 Central Street, Suite 620, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    Genet Med 13:52-62. 2011
    ..To determine the specific components of family history and personal characteristics related to disease perceptions about breast, colon, and ovarian cancers...
  6. ncbi Familial risk for common diseases in primary care: the Family Healthware Impact Trial
    Suzanne M O'Neill
    Center for Medical Genetics, NorthShore University HealthSystem formerly Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Illinois, USA
    Am J Prev Med 36:506-14. 2009
    ..Family history is a risk factor for many common chronic diseases, yet it remains underutilized in primary care practice...
  7. ncbi Referral to cancer genetic counseling: are there stages of readiness?
    Suzanne M O'Neill
    Center for Medical Genetics, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, 1000 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 142:221-31. 2006
    ..Theoretical frameworks are needed to study adherence to referral for cancer genetic counseling. Stage-based theories may have a role to play...
  8. ncbi Psychological impact of recall in high-risk breast MRI screening
    Suzanne M O'Neill
    Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 115:365-71. 2009
    ..To address the widespread concern that false-positive results during breast MRI screening may have adverse psychological effects...
  9. ncbi Roles and responsibilities of a medical geneticist
    Wendy S Rubinstein
    Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Center for Medical Genetics, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    Fam Cancer 7:5-14. 2008
    ..General principles are highlighted so that these specific cases can be extrapolated to other genes and hereditary conditions by medical geneticists, genetic counselors, and others practicing in the field of cancer genetics...
  10. ncbi Detection of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Ashkenazi Jewish founder mutations in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues using conventional PCR and heteroduplex/amplicon size differences
    Kathy A Mangold
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, NorthShore University Healthsystem, 2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    J Mol Diagn 12:20-6. 2010
    ..Therefore, by changing the primer location and detecting amplicons via heteroduplexes formed by size differences, we identified mutations from FFPE tissues missed using real-time methods...
  11. ncbi Hereditary breast cancer: pathobiology, clinical translation, and potential for targeted cancer therapeutics
    Wendy S Rubinstein
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
    Fam Cancer 7:83-9. 2008
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  12. ncbi Mathematical modeling for breast cancer risk assessment. State of the art and role in medicine
    Wendy S Rubinstein
    Center for Medical Genetics, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Illinois 60201, USA
    Oncology (Williston Park) 16:1082-94; discussion 1094, 1097-9. 2002
    ..Medical professionals can embrace new preventive medicine techniques more effectively by utilizing quantitative methods to assess their patients' risks...
  13. ncbi The genetic family history as a risk assessment tool in internal medicine
    Theresa M Frezzo
    Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Reproductive Genetics and Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Genet Med 5:84-91. 2003
    ..Targeted family history analysis reveals patients who require increased medical surveillance, preventive measures, or genetic counseling/testing...
  14. ncbi Long-term outcomes, branch-specific expressivity, and disease-related mortality in von Hippel-Lindau type 2A
    Sarah M Nielsen
    Section of Hematology Oncology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
    Fam Cancer 10:701-7. 2011
    ..Over time, both age at diagnosis and disease-specific mortality have decreased. The observed branch-specific expressivity prompts further study of genetic and environmental disease modifiers in this large family...
  15. ncbi Advances in counselling and surveillance of patients at risk for pancreatic cancer
    Randall E Brand
    Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Illinois, USA
    Gut 56:1460-9. 2007
  16. ncbi Managing hereditary gastrointestinal cancer syndromes: the partnership between genetic counselors and gastroenterologists
    Wendy S Rubinstein
    Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Center for Medical Genetics, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol 5:569-82. 2008
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