Surgical oncologist Dr. Diane M. Simeone urges genetic testing for all people with pancreatic cancer to customize treatment plans, as well as potentially prevent the disease.
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Should people with pancreatic cancer have genetic testing? Diane M. Simeone, MD, director of the Pancreatic Cancer Center at 嘿嘿视频 Health鈥檚 Perlmutter Cancer Center, believes genetic testing can identify family members at risk of developing pancreatic cancer and help tailor treatments for people with the disease, as well as potentially prevent it. She spoke at AtlanticLIVE鈥檚 panel discussion on 鈥淭he Importance of Early Detection in Cancer Diagnoses.鈥
鈥淎t least 15 percent of patients with pancreatic cancer have a susceptibility gene, even if they don鈥檛 have a family history that would point to that,鈥 says Dr. Simeone, the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Surgery in the . 鈥淚t affects their own care because sometimes we give patients therapies based on what that test shows, but it also helps us identify family members who are also at risk, with the big move towards early detection.鈥
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