
CanGene-CanVar 🧬
@cangenecanvar
Data Resources, Clinical and Educational Tools to leverage Cancer Susceptibility Genetics for Early Detection and Prevention of Cancer.
Funding:@CRUKresearch
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http://cangene-canvaruk.org/ 24-08-2019 10:27:28
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Our WP2 team had an amazing time at #CCG2023 conference in Cambridgeshire this week, coming away with a winning poster! Well done to Charlie Rowlands, Alice Garrett, Sophie Allen and the entire team 👏



#ipos2023 partnered with Dr Sayyed in Pakistan to explore barriers & facilitators to bowel screening and presenting earlier with cancer symptoms for cultural translation of patient decision aid Thanks CanGene-CanVar 🧬 University of Southampton More when Raza Sayyed presents at EHTGtweets



Fantastic news 👏 a testament to the hard work and time everyone has put in to deliver co-deliver this project - and excellently coordinated by you Kelly Kohut and the team at UoS

Our latest blog post is written by Charlene Young who, along with Kelly Kohut, co-lead a very important short filming project on lived experiences with cancer. Check out Charlene's perspective of the experience here: cangene-canvaruk.org/post/co-leader…



Check out this podcast from Genomics England in collaboration with Rochelle Gold 💙@[email protected] ,Kelly Kohut and Helen Hanson discussing how genetic tests are transforming cancer prevention: genomicsengland.co.uk/podcasts/how-a…




6/Thanks to all CanGene-CanVar 🧬 collaborators and co-authors, particularly Steven Hardy Clare MarcT Paul Pharoah (R soul) 🇪🇺🇵🇬🇿🇦🇬🇧 and Antonis Antoniou, and patients that contributed their data and funder Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK

Congratulations Isaac Allen, PhD student in Antonis Antoniou group, on this paper in @lancetRH_Europe on risks of second cancers in female and male #BreastCancer survivors, using NHS England data on ~600,000 patients in England. doi.org/10.1016/j.lane… Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK

What might it be like to navigate a genetic diagnosis and share it with family members? Rachel Horton and gabrielle samuel talk to Julie Young from the CanGene-CanVar 🧬 patient reference panel about her experience. Listen on Spotfiy: tinyurl.com/44xfydyp #GenomicsConversation


Calling all our friends in the Lynch community. Have you seen this? Share your thoughts? Lynch Syndrome UK LynchSyndrome_Polyposis@StMarks

Our new paper in The British Journal of General Practice: we model different patterns of proposed medical hormonal therapy (HRT) usage for well women age 50 who have different patterns of breast cancer family history. youtu.be/W5p0BcAjabs bjgplife.com/178 doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2… (1/n)