Brigham and Women's Hospital
Labs, Doctors Still Grapple With Patient Recontact Despite Streamlined Variant Reclassification
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Although leading labs have coalesced around the value of protocols for making sure updated variant calls get to patients, strategies still vary and practical challenges remain.
Dana-Farber Educating Black, Latinx Patients Hoping to Boost Pancreatic Cancer Genetic Risk Testing
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With a recently awarded grant from PanCAN, researchers will more extensively study the impact of greater education on cascade testing rates in these underserved communities.
Disparity in Microsatellite Instability Testing Suggests Need to Close Socioeconomic Access Gaps
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Researchers are continuing to collect data on economic, racial, and other factors that could be addressed to make precision medicine access more equitable.
Gray Foundation Awards $25M in Cancer Research Grants
The grant recipients will receive up to $5 million each and are led by scientists at institutions including Harvard Medical School and the Cleveland Clinic.
Immunotherapy Prompts Shifts in Some Immune Cells Lacking Targeted Checkpoint Proteins
In a colon cancer model, researchers saw transcriptional changes and population expansions in some checkpoint receptor-negative tumor-infiltrating T cells.