Cure Today
Arlene Weintraub
April 17, 2017
When Kerri Murphy was 32, she underwent genetic testing for Lynch syndrome — a hereditary disorder that’s caused by a mutation in any of five genes that predisposes those who have it to several cancers. Her sister had tested positive for Lynch syndrome, and because they had lost their father to colon cancer, Murphy thought she should know if she had a predisposition to the disease, too.