A Cancer in the Family
From 07/26/19 8:00 pm until 07/26/19 10:00 pm
At Fermilab Ramsay Auditorium
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There are 13 million people with cancer in the United States, and it’s estimated that 1.3 million of these cancers are hereditary.
Despite advanced training in cancer genetics and years of practicing medicine, Dr. Theo Ross was never certain whether the history of cancers in her family was simply bad luck or a sign that they were carriers of a cancer-causing genetic mutation. Then she was diagnosed with melanoma, and for someone with a dark complexion, this made no sense. It turned out there was a genetic factor at work.
Join Fermilab in welcoming oncologist and cancer gene hunter Theodora Ross, MD, PhD, for a talk about A Cancer in the Family. Using her own family’s story, the latest science of cancer genetics and her experience as a practicing physician, Dr. Ross will tell us how to spot the patterns of inherited cancer, how to get tested for cancer-causing genes, and what to do if you have one.