Modern technology has made available tests for “variants” in human genes that, if present, indicate a “higher risk” to developing cancers.
The cancer that can be screened for are:
• Breast
• Ovarian
• Uterine
• Colon
• Pancreas
• Prostate
• Kidney
• Melanoma
The gene variants being tested are:
• APC
• ATM
• BARD1
• BMPR1A
• BRCA1
• BRCA2
• BRIP1
• CDH1
• CDKN2A
• CHEK2
• EPCAM
• FH
• FLCN
• MLH1
• MRE11A
• MSH2
• MSH6
• MUTYH
• NBN
• PALB2
• PMS2
• PTEN
• RAD50
• RAD52C
• RAD51D
• RINT1
• SDHB
• SMAD4
• STK11
• TP53
• VHL
• XRCC2