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.
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Young, Black women are disproportionally affected by breast cancer, which is associated with the BRCA genes.
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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.