Hear from Dr Mette Jorgensen about inherited risk factors that can cause cancer. Most childhood cancers are not inherited but Mette works with a small number of patients who have an increased risk of developing cancer.
- Learn more about genetic predisposition conditions and how they can affect your child's risk of developing cancer
- Find out more about when cancer risk is inherited
Dr Mette Jorgensen
Mette has worked as a consultant Paediatric Oncologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for 10 years, having trained at GOSH and University College London. She has a special interest in children with brain tumours, rare cancers and cancer predisposition syndromes - inherited conditions that make a child more likely to develop cancer. She leads the cancer genetics clinic at GOSH, which supports and screens children with pre-disposition syndromes to ensure their cancer is caught as early as possible.
