A Head Start: The Power + Promise of Genetic Testing

April 3, 2024

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Lowell General Hospital’s Mary Schmitt, Clinical Genetics Nurse Practitioner, explains how genetic testing and precision medicine are changing cancer care.

Learn how the cancer experts at Tufts Medicine harness the power of genetic testing and precision oncology to deliver personalized cancer care. Lowell General Hospital’s Mary Schmitt, Clinical Genetics Nurse Practitioner, explains how genetic testing and precision medicine are changing cancer care and saving lives.

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• Lowell General Hospital
• Breast Health
• Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment
• Precision Medicine + Cancer Program

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