Dr. Sager established the institute's division of cancer genetics and recruited able young scientists for its staff.

Nowak works on the dynamics of infectious diseases, cancer genetics, the evolution of cooperation and human language.

We have a great benefit in cancer genetics programs in that presymptomatic testing has already been done for Huntington's disease.

Four genetic counselors and two nurses completed specialized training in cancer genetics.

For people who received their introduction to cancer genetics in college in the first half of the 1990s, everything looked simple and straightforward.

"As somebody in cancer genetics, it's nice to have the potential to do something."

Ms. McDermet is one of about 100 professionals throughout the country currently specializing in the field of cancer genetics.

At first, as scientists grew to appreciate the complexity of cancer genetics, they despaired.

However, the field of cancer genetics is expanding rapidly, as is the patient population seeking cancer genetic s analysis.

In addition, established methods for evaluating the quality of the evidence are available for some but not all aspects of cancer genetics.