Assoc Prof Alison Brand AM spoke to Dr Norman Swan – the host of ABC Radio’s program Health Report – commenting on a recent paper in the New England Journal of Medicine about gene sequencing and familial transmission.

Portrait of Assoc Prof Alison Brand AM

Assoc Prof Alison Brand AM

The NEJM paper focuses on two cases of pediatric lung cancer (in 23-month-old and 6-year-old boys) resulting from mother-to-infant transmission of uterine cervical tumors. Assoc Prof Brand AM shared her insights surrounding these unique cases and their potential effects.