Human Cancer Genetics Programme

The Human Cancer Genetics Programme is currently composed of three Research Groups : Human Genetics, Endocrine Cancer, and Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Groups ; and three Units : Human Genotyping-CEGEN and Molecular Cytogenetics and Genome Editing Units ; and the Familial Cancer Clinical Unit. In addition, there is a Familial Cancer Consultancy for the evaluation of families with cancer and the provision of genetic counselling. The Consultancy is located in the Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada and works in close collaboration with the Oncology Service at that Hospital. The number of consultancy days and amount of families attended have increased since we set it up five years ago. Currently, we are attending to around 350 families/ year. This increase of families has resulted in a higher number of genetic and genomic diagnosis studies, which have been made possible thanks to the incorporation of a massive sequencing platform. This platform has been operational over the past year.