Familial and hereditary cancers group

Familial and hereditary cancer group is a division of Genetics Department in Motamed Cancer Institute, whose researches mainly focuses on the identification, characterization and classification of hereditary cancer's susceptibility genes mutations nationwide apart from the collaborative activities of the department with international consortiums especially CIMBA.

To date, more than 50 types of familial and inherited cancers have been characterized. Heritable genetic aberrations like mutation are main causes of cancer manifestation in people carrying these genes. susceptibility of genes in different. These factors can be detected by genetic testing.