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CANCER GENETICS RISK ASSESSMENT AND COUNSELING

GENECSLR 724
Course Description

Provides a background in cancer genetics from a medical, biological, and clinical perspective. Includes: general principles and topics in oncology; familial cancers and cancer syndromes; and management, counseling, social, ethical, and legal issues.

Prerequisites
Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.94

-1.05% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

No change from Historical

A Rate
87.5%

-8.7% from Historical

Class Size
8

No change from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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