Northwestern''s Cancer Genetics Program ID''s Gene Variant That Increases Colon Cancer Risk

... A paper published in this week''s Journal of Clinical Oncology says Transforming Growth Factor Beta Receptor 1*6A (TGFBR1*6A) -- a mutated gene present in nearly one in eight people and the most commonly inherited cancer susceptibility gene identified so far -- might be responsible for a significant proportion of familial colorectal cancers. ...