45 new genetic links to non-melanoma skin cancers have been discovered in a recent study conducted by QIMR Berghofer’s Statistical Genetics group.
The research paves the way for more targeted treatments of these non-melanoma skin cancers by a better understanding of their genetic makeup.
Lead author of the study, Associate Professor Stuart Macgregor, says this greater understanding of the genetics can help personalise predictions regarding skin cancer based not just off what your skin tone is.
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