Familial Colorectal Cancer Lecture

Prof. Mahmoud Sahahin Alawhal has attended the lecture presented by Prof. Hans Schakert, Head of Department of Surgical Research at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany, the was about “Familial Colorectal Cancer”, in the main auditorium of Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research on 31/01/2011. In his lecture, Prof. Hans elaborated on the predictive diagnostic tools employed in colorectal cancer. He specifically mentioned about familial colorectal cancer and the steps employed in Germany for their Surveillance and diagnosis. Prof. Hans also gave an overview of mismatch repair and other modifying genes that play a vital role in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer. He discussed about various genomic technologies utilized for predictive diagnosis of colorectal cancer. Prof Hans also provided insights and his vision for future research in this area.