…to speak about this issue,” said Judy Garber, MD, MPH, director of the Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and one of the leaders of the…
…Rana, MD, clinical director of Dana-Farber’s Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention, gives an overview of the link between genetics and women’s cancers, and why certain women have a higher…
…most significant advances in cancer research and treatment? Here’s what scientists and clinicians from around Dana-Farber said. Demystifying cancer genetics William Hahn, MD, PhD, Chief Research Strategy Officer The sequencing…
…Lathan and Huma Rana, MD, MPH, clinical director of Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber, co-led a recent study that pointed to the need for more community-outreach efforts. The study…
Studies in large populations have shown that people who have a near relative with a form of lymphoma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) have an increased risk of developing these…
The Encyclopedia Britannica may have published its last print edition, but a group of Dana-Farber scientists and their colleagues recently produced one of the first encyclopedias to help researchers determine…
…the disease is treated or how at-risk people can lower their risk, according to Jill Stopfer, MS, LGC, associate director of Genetic Counseling at Dana-Farber’s Center for Cancer Genetics and…
…developing a cancer. Huma Q. Rana, MD, Clinical Director of Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber. BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations are inherited, meaning that if your mother or the father…
…is Sapna Syngal, MD, MPH, director of Research at the Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber. “Most Lynch syndrome mutation carriers aren’t aware of it because genetic testing…
…inherit two copies of most genes in your body: one from your mother and one from your father,” explains Judy Garber, MD, MPH, director of the Center for Cancer Genetics…
This article was written by Donna Vatnick, BS, clinical research coordinator in Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention. Historically, cancer risk has been confined to the binary:…
…a biopsy in 2012 after she started having coughing fits. The diagnosis this time was lung cancer. In addition to treatment, doctors referred Pena to Dana-Farber’s Center for Cancer Genetics…
…Pat’s wife. Fox sent Pat’s report over to Sapna Syngal, MD, Director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Genetics and Prevention Clinics at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, for consultation. “Diagnosing a genetic cancer…
…PD-1 and Immunotherapy Family Ties: Why Genetics Matter The second publication, in Nature Genetics, reported for the first time that defects in these chromatin-remodeling complexes – specifically in structure called…
…help your kids know what to do for themselves when the time comes. Learn more about cancer genetics and prevention from the Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber….
…sugar when chemotherapy is used?” The inpatient genetics team at BWH was called in and began scouring medical literature for similar cases. Joel Krier, MD, MMSc, clinical chief of the…
…say that 90-95% of people with Lynch syndrome don’t know that they have it.” At Dana-Farber’s Lynch Syndrome Center, one of the largest and most comprehensive multidisciplinary cancer genetics centers…
…published in the journal Nature Genetics, will both help identify women who have the highest risk of developing ovarian cancer and pave the way for identifying new therapies that can target…