Clinical Director, Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention
Senior Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Huma Q. Rana, MD, MPH is the Clinical Director
of the Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. At
Dana-Farber and its affiliates and satellites, Dr. Rana oversees the medical
management and the clinical operations that provide care to individuals with
rare genetic susceptibilities to cancer.
In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Rana leads
multiple clinical research projects focused on developing cancer prevention and
screening for those with hereditary cancer risk, and novel approaches to
improving access to cancer genetics services.
Dr. Rana received her medical degree from the Rutgers
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, completed her residencies in Internal
Medicine and Clinical Genetics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,
and received her MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She has been a member of the Dana-Farber
faculty since 2012.
Clinical Director, Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention
Senior Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Huma Q. Rana, MD, MPH is the Clinical Director
of the Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. At
Dana-Farber and its affiliates and satellites, Dr. Rana oversees the medical
management and the clinical operations that provide care to individuals with
rare genetic susceptibilities to cancer.
In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Rana leads
multiple clinical research projects focused on developing cancer prevention and
screening for those with hereditary cancer risk, and novel approaches to
improving access to cancer genetics services.
Dr. Rana received her medical degree from the Rutgers
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, completed her residencies in Internal
Medicine and Clinical Genetics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,
and received her MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She has been a member of the Dana-Farber
faculty since 2012.
Journal article
CONCLUSION: Annual WBMRI contributes substantially to the detection of asymptomatic localized cancers among individuals with LFS and is best used in conjunction with a multimodality approach endorsed by LFS guidelines. Our study highlights the need for further research to enhance early detection and interception of cancer in LFS.
Journal article
CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms the high detection rate of gPVs in patients with sarcoma and describes several associated genes. These findings indicate that age at sarcoma diagnosis may not reliably predict gPVs. Expanding germline testing for patients with sarcoma would enhance personalized treatment strategies and familial risk assessment.