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Current Gene Screens Miss Many at High Cancer Risk: Study (www.healthday.com)

submitted 5 months ago by StevenSaus@midwest.social to c/health@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/14790838

New research into the 'exomes' of over 44,000 people uncovered many with cancer-causing genes that were otherwise not detected

The mutations were linked to heightened risks for colon, breast and ovarian cancers

People from minority groups may be especially prone to missing out on quality genetic screening

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