Accepting applications until August 1

City of Hope Intensive Course in Genomic Cancer Risk Assessment

Accepting applications until August 1

Contribution of Risk Factors, Including Polygenic Score, to the Multifactorial Risk Assessment for the Implementation of Personalized Breast Cancer Screening: Insights from the PERSPECTIVE: Integration and Implementation Project

Xin Yang, Juliet A Usher-Smith, Kristina M Blackmore, et al.

Risk-based breast cancer (BC) screening can provide tailored recommendations based on individual risk. We estimated 10-year BC risks in 3753 women aged 40-70 with no cancer history. The primary endpoint was risk reclassification,... Read More

Cancer mortality projections through 2026 among young adults in 15 upper-middle and high-income countries with focus on colorectal cancer

Silvia Mignozzi, Claudia Santucci, Gianfranco Alicandro, et al. Cancer Causes Control. 2026 Apr 3;37(5):79

An increasing cancer incidence has been observed among recent generations over the last decade. However, apart from colorectal cancer, these increases were not associated with rises in mortality. We extracted death counts for indi... Read More

Germline Genetic Testing After Cancer Diagnosis

Allison W Kurian, Paul Abrahamse, Allison Furgal, et al. JAMA. 2023 Jul 3;330(1):43-51

Germline genetic testing is recommended by practice guidelines for patients diagnosed with cancer to enable genetically targeted treatment and identify relatives who may benefit from personalized cancer screening and prevention. A... Read More

Early-Onset Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Review

Thejus Jayakrishnan, Kimmie Ng. JAMA. 2025 Oct 21;334(15):1373-1385

Early-onset gastrointestinal (GI) cancer is typically defined as GI cancer diagnosed in individuals younger than 50 years. The incidence of early-onset GI cancer is rising globally, and early-onset GI cancers represent the most ra... Read More