Cancer Genetics Workshop - Module 2
Sat, 08 Jun
|Workshop17 Watershed
Time & Location
08 Jun 2019, 09:00 – 13:00
Workshop17 Watershed, Watershed, 17 Dock Rd, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town, 8002, South Africa
About the event
Course objectives: Module 2
Genetics Terminology:
- Lab report interpretation
- Heterozygous, homozygous, variant classification
- Context of inheritance patterns
- Patient report examples
- VUS guidelines
Managing risk:
- Screening and Risk reducing options
Ethics in Genetics 2:
Identifying risks with limited management options
Prenatal testing
Preimplantation Genetic Testing
Hereditary Colorectal cancer: MMR, MSI, IhC
Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
- PARP-inhibitors
Prostate Cancer
- Referral/Testing guidelines
Decode your DNA exercise:
An interactive exercise to understand DNA sequencing and variant interpretation