UConn Researcher Joins Global Effort to Assess Colon Cancer Risk

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Medical students using the simulation room in the Clinical Skills Area of UConn Health on Oct. 1, 2014. (Lanny Nagler/UConn Photo)

UConn Researcher Part Of International Effort To Better Assess Colon Cancer Risk | 1/3/2014

Hartford Courant
By William Weir

A UConn researcher is part of an international team of scientists that has developed a DNA database that will bring colon-cancer risks into sharper focus for patients.

Until now, genetic tests have provided only a frustratingly vague idea about patients’ risks for colon cancer. More…