In the past few decades, many hereditary mutations have been discovered that put people at risk of cancer. Doctors are now racing to identify ways to stop the onset of these cancers.
Researchers like Dr Pinese have high hopes for what precision medicine can do for those born with cancer risks.
Known as SMOC, it's using MRIs and other surveillance for people at high risk of developing cancer — particularly multiple types of cancer, like those with Li Fraumeni syndrome. "We call it 'scan-xiety'. I mean it's always going to be there, that anxiety in the back of your head like, 'oh, what if it's come back?'
But despite how far precision medicine has come, it's still only in its infancy. Much of what is known about hereditary risk focuses on single-gene mutations.
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