Researchers say genetic testing could save lives - and costs - of cancer patients

Researchers say a routine test of bowel cancer patients for a genetic condition could save the lives of up to 80 high-risk patients each year. The Cancer Council says it would be cost effective to test bowel cancer cases for Lynch syndrome, an inherited condition that significantly increases cancer risk.

A biological-technical assistant pipettes DNA onto a storage plate in a molecular biological research laboratory at the University Hospital Hambu. Source: picture alliance