Do cancers always have a genetic component? – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute shared a post on X:

“Do cancers always have a genetic component?

Huma Rana, MD, MPH, clinical director of Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber, explains how 15% of cancers are linked to inherited mutations.”

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Source: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/X

Huma Q. Rana, MD, MPH, serves as the Clinical Director of the Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Her work includes leading clinical research projects focused on enhancing cancer prevention and screening for individuals at hereditary cancer risk. 

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is a leading institution for cancer treatment and research. It was founded by Sidney Farber on 1947. Currently, the Institute has over 5,000 staff, faculty, and clinicians on board. They manage in excess of 640,000 outpatient visits each year, oversee more than 1,000 hospital discharges annually, and are actively involved in over 1,100 ongoing clinical trials.