
Family Health History as Cancer Prevention
11/21/23 • 29 min
Drs. Elena Stoffel and Jennifer Griggs, co-principal investigators of the Michigan Genetic Hereditary Testing (MiGHT) Study, discuss the importance of knowing your family health history.
Additional resources:
MiGHT Study Family History Tool
Genetic Testing For Inherited Risk For Cancer
The transcript can be found here.
Cancer Aware is a part of the Michigan Medicine Podcast Network. You can subscribe to the Cancer Wise podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Drs. Elena Stoffel and Jennifer Griggs, co-principal investigators of the Michigan Genetic Hereditary Testing (MiGHT) Study, discuss the importance of knowing your family health history.
Additional resources:
MiGHT Study Family History Tool
Genetic Testing For Inherited Risk For Cancer
The transcript can be found here.
Cancer Aware is a part of the Michigan Medicine Podcast Network. You can subscribe to the Cancer Wise podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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