TTC #283 Researching Ovarian and Breast Cancer in Young Women

Published: Jan. 26, 2017, 5:21 p.m.

Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Director of Research at NCSR \u201cDemokritos\u201d and Director of the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, talks about hereditary ovarian and breast cancer. Their research involves hereditary factors that lead to cancer in very young women, between the ages of 30-35 and even younger. By analysing the family genome they\u2019re trying to discover the molecular mutations that are responsible for the early onset of cancer, which although it could be blamed on environmental issues is not that often a cause in so young ages. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.