Endometrial cancer: how your genes make a difference

Using tumour information to help understand specific gene faults in endometrial cancer

Some individuals are very likely to develop cancer because they have inherited a genetic fault. Families with a history of these cancers are offered gene testing to find which individuals carry the fault, so they can be offered screening for early detection, or preventative treatment.

Features of colon tumours are one useful way to differentiate who needs to be tested for these gene faults. Bryony Thompson will use her funds from the Weekend to End Women's Cancers to see if these same features can also be used to predict if a woman with endometrial cancer need to be tested for the gene fault.