Cancer Type: Plasma Cell Cancer

ICARE Social Media Post June 2022

New Variants Linked to Hereditary Cancer

A new study evaluated 23 hereditary cancer genes and found 19 new gene associations, including 7 new associations with cancer and 12 new associations with non-neoplastic diseases. Specifically, the below genes were found to have an increased risk of disease:APC: benign liver/bile duct tumors, gastritis, and duodenitisATM: stomach cancer and pancreatic cancerBRCA1/2: ovarian cystsCHEK2: leukemia …

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