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When Do We Move to Population Based Cancer Screening for Those with High Genetic Risk? Josh Schiffman, U of U

Author
Theral Timpson
Published
Tue 24 May 2016
Episode Link
https://www.mendelspod.com/p/when-do-we-move-to-population-based-670

Last year when we were promised a soon-to-be-on-the-market, pan cancer, genetic based screening test, many of us were taken aback at the hubris. Not only does the science have a ways to go, there are deep ethical conflicts to work through. However, cancer screening based on a patient’s genetics is already being done in certain niche areas.

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