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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Genes & Your Health Edition - Genomics and Cancer: Primary Care Impact and Research Advances
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Guest: Niloy Jewel J. Samadder, M.D. (@J_Samadder)Â Â
Host: Denise M. Dupras, M.D., Ph.D. Â
Can we find the cause of a patient’s cancer? Is it possible to provide targeted treatment to prevent future cancers by understanding what genetic predispositions a patient or their family members have? In a recently published study, nearly one in six to one in eight cancer patients, depending on which type of cancer they had, carried a genetic predisposition to the deve...