ASSC Genetics Summit, 21 March 2022
The ASSC Genetics Summit was held on 21 March, 2022, at the Translational Research Institute, Brisbane. The overall aim of the Summit was to evaluate the current evidence and determine whether additional research is needed on melanoma Polygenic Risk Scores (PRS).
Summit Recordings:
- Session I (90 minutes)- Mechanics and issues around PRS
- Session II (90 minutes) – Exemplar for clinical implication of a PRS: breast cancer
- Session III (60 minutes) – Current state of PRS in cutaneous melanoma
- Session IV (70 minutes) – Panel discussion “A Roadmap to PRS in Melanoma”
The ASSC is a joint collaboration of skin and skin cancer researchers at The University of Queensland and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. The Genetics Summit follows the success of previous ASSC Summits: the Sunscreen Summit in March 2018, which achieved revisions to sunscreen policy in Australia and New Zealand; the Melanoma Screening Summit in 2019, developed a new consensus statement regarding the approach needed for national screening for melanoma; and the Sun Exposure Summit, in 2021.
Dr Aideen McInerney-Leo & Associate Professor Matthew Law
On behalf of the ASSC Genetics Summit Organising Committee:
Professor Anne Cust (The University of Sydney)
Professor Monika Janda (The University of Queensland)
Associate Professor Matthew Law (QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute)
Dr Aideen McInerney-Leo (The University of Queensland)
Dr Amy Nisselle (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)
Professor H. Peter Soyer (The University of Queensland)
Professor David Whiteman (QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute)
Dr Tatiane Yanes (The University of Queensland)
