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.
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.