A company whose goal is to identify those at risk for cancer has developed a way to screen for more than 60 cancer susceptibility genes. The work is being done at Emory Medicine’s department of human genetics. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge has more.
Caption Young, Black women are disproportionally affected by breast cancer, which is associated with the BRCA genes. Credit: Photo by Godisable Jacob from Pexels
A national public health initiative based out of Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Human Genetics recently announced a new program that offers at-home testing for 63 cancer susceptibility genes associated with hereditary risks for breast, ovarian, prostate, colorectal, skin and many other cancers.
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