In this episode I sit down with Dr. Jan Blancato. Dr. Blancato is a Board Certified, ACMGG, Clinical Cytogeneticist, and PhD Medical Geneticist. She is Director of the Cytogenetics Shared Resource of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, which provides services in classical and molecular cytogenetics. Dr. Blancato is also a Board Certified (ACGC) Genetic Counselor and works primarily in the Neurogenetics field in patient-oriented work, particularly in Muscular Dystrophies, ALS, and Huntington Disease. Today, we talk through understanding what cancer is, how it develops, what screening techniques can be used to get ahead of the disease for prevention, and much more.