genetic How many types of
testing are
there?
Genetic testing for cancer
Genetic testing for cancer is a proactive approach that can help us identify risks of inherited cancer and plan for effective prevention and monitoring disease development. This program analyzes 65 gene variations associated with various cancers including the BRCA1, BRCA2 genes, which are associated with breast and ovarian cancer, and the APC gene, which is associated with colon cancer. This test can identify risks of more than 10 types of inherited cancer, including
breast cancer colon cancer melanoma stomach cancer ovarian cancer
pancreatic cancer prostate cancer
kidney cancer thyroid cancer uterine cancer
Who should get tested?
a male with breast cancer
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People with their own or family history of the following:
diagnosed with cancer
multiple types of cancer in the same person
family members with types of cancers above
family members with cancer confirmed as of inherited type
before age 50
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Those healthy people and without family history of cancer but interested in finding out about risks of inherited cancer
For genetic testing packages, click here .
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