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Greater access to genetic testing needed for cancer diagnosis and treatment

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Cancer patients should have routine access to genetic testing to improve diagnosis and treatment, according to England’s chief medical officer. Despite the UK being a world leader in genomic medicine its full potential is still not being realised, Professor Dame Sally Davies said in a new report.  Davies urged clinicians and the Government to work together and make wider use of new genetic techniques in an attempt to improve cancer survival rates.Genetic testing can pinpoint the faults in DNA that have led to a cancer forming. Different cancers have different faults, and these determine which treatments may or may not work.

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