Cancer Genetics

The Cancer Genetics Program at University Hospitals brings together experts from the Center for Human Genetics and University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center to help families with a history of breast, colon or pediatric cancers. The genetics team includes a clinical geneticist who specializes in cancer genetics, as well as an expert staff of cytogeneticists, geneticists, counselors, physicians, and researchers.

The program provides families with:

Medical evaluations
Genetic consultations
Risk assessments
Cancer screenings
Guidance

Testing is also available for individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer and who have a strong family history of the disease. Results can help physicians and their patients learn if other cancers are likely to develop, enabling them to plan a stringent screening and prevention program.

Currently, the Center offers testing for:

Breast cancer
Childhood overgrowth syndrome
Colon cancer
Li-Fraumeni syndrome
MEN (Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia), types 1 and 2
Neurofibromatosis, type 2
Ovarian cancer
Osteosarcoma
Prostate Cancer
Retinoblastoma
Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
Wilms’ tumor