Medical Geneticist Dr. Raymond Kim answers a question about what genetic testing is available in Ontario.

Having close family members with cancer could mean you have a higher risk of developing certain cancers.

And so people with a family history of cancer may want to get genetic testing to better understand their risks.

In our latest Ask a Cancer Researcher video, University Health Network Medical Geneticist Dr. Raymond Kim answers a question from Coburg resident Jo Ann Kropf-Hedley about what genetic testing is available in Ontario.

Kim also explains how the Ontario Hereditary Cancer Research Network, which he created with OICR, aims to better understand hereditary cancers and improve how they are managed and treated.