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THIS EPISODE:  Do you agree there is more that needs doing to detect cancer early, and to treat optimally? 

This is episode 4 of the 6-part Genomics mini-series, and looks at:

• Cancer and the role of Primary Care in early diagnosis/detection
• Using Breast cancer & Lung cancer genomics as examples
• Highlighting what you, the primary care clinician can do
• How genomics helps, not only for diagnosis, but in several other ways.

If you work in primary care and patients consult you, and you want cancer diagnosis and survival to improve, you should listen to this episode.

SPECIAL THANKS to our guest speakers: 

Dr Angela George, North Thames Genomic Medicine Service Co-Medical Director, and Consultant Medical Oncologist and Consultant in Oncogenetics at the Royal Marsden Hospital.

Dania Shoeb, GP Partner with a special interest in Genomics.

SPONSOR:  The Genomics mini-series was sponsored by, and co-produced with the North Thames Genomics Medicine Service

USEFUL LINKS:

• North Thames Genomic Medicine Service – CLICK HERE
• The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Patient information library - Implications of alterations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 –  CLICK HERE
• The NHS Jewish BRCA Testing Programme - Link correct at the time of publication – CLICK HERE
• The NHS Genomics Education Programme  - Family History  – CLICK HERE

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