Hereditary predisposition to cancer has such relevance in cancer prevention and surveillance but also in terms of patient cancer treatments, their response to treatment and indeed their families.
Join Michael Farrell as he discusses with Sheilah insights into the ever evolving topic of cancer genetics. Michael has been working in clinical cancer genetics for almost 20 years and is the CNS in Cancer Genetics at the Mater Private Hospital working with Professor David Gallagher. Prior to this, he worked as a Research Nurse in Cancer Genetics with Professor Peter Daly where he gained his Masters in Molecular Medicine from TCD.
Michael has given oral presentations at both National and International cancer conferences and is first author on 2 papers in the journal of Familial Cancer.
He has presented talks on various aspects of inherited predisposition to cancer to health care professionals, patient support groups and also supervises clinical teaching for graduate nursing and science students on various aspects of cancer genetics.
Links mentioned in the podcast
https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/5/cancer/profinfo/hereditary-cancer-genetics/
https://www.cancer.ie/about-us/news/cancer-genetic-services-in-an-irish-context
https://engage.esgo.org/brochures/genetic-testing/