Professor Melissa Southey

University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research; Chair, Precision Medicine, Monash University

Health & Medicine

Filling in the genetic blanks of breast cancer predisposition

A pioneering study helps explain why around 60 per cent of families with multiple breast cancer cases can’t be explained by genetic studies, paving the way for learning more about why some families are prone to certain diseases

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