New genomic tool advances melanoma risk prediction in older Australians

Source: monash.edu, May 2021

School researchers have developed a new genomic risk score for melanoma (skin cancer), and shown it to be of value when used to predict melanoma risk in older people. Their findings were published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute recently.

Dr Paul Lacaze, Head of the School’s Public Health Genomics team, led a group of investigators from across the School, and national and international experts, to develop the new polygenic risk score (PRS).

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