Inexpensive testing spurs cancer patients' relatives to assess own disease risk

(Stanford Medicine) An online initiative offering low-cost genetic testing to relatives of people with genetic mutations that increase their risk of cancer encourages the 'cascade' testing that can help to identify healthy people at risk of the disease, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Color Genomics, a genetic testing company.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news