Hereditary stomach cancer

Stomach cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the world, and 10-20% is hereditary

08-07-2021

How common is stomach cancer?1 Gastric cancer (also called stomach cancer) has historically been the most common form of cancer in the world. During the past...

GeneMate® now a part of global rare disease database and resource Orphanet

Increased visibility of hereditary cancer risk can lead to increased opportunities for cancer prevention and early detection

01-07-2021

On June 17th, 2021, GeneMate® was accepted into the online database Orphanet, furthering iCellate’s goal of expanding access to genetic testing and cancer pre...

What to expect from your GeneMate® test

17-06-2021

In this blog post we will walk you through the various possible outcomes of your GeneMate® test (see figure). A positive result means that a pathogenic v...

Behind the scenes of GeneMate®

10-06-2021

Ever wonder what happens to your saliva sample after returning it to iCellate's lab? Learn how your sample is handled and how iCellate determines your heredit...

The importance of informing family members of a positive result

All first-degree relatives of a carrier have a 50% risk of themselves being a carrier

17-05-2021

Hereditary pathogenic variants (mutations) are relatively rare and most individuals that get tested with GeneMate® will test negative – meaning that they will...

Hereditary melanoma

Melanoma is the most rapidly increasing cancer in Sweden and 10-15% of all cases are hereditary

06-05-2021

How common is melanoma skin cancer?1 Melanoma skin cancer (referred to as melanoma from here on) is the sixth most common cancer type in Swedish men and the f...

Which genes does GeneMate® test and why?

Our clinically actionable selection of genes gives you a better shot at prevention.

03-05-2021

GeneMate® tests 41 genes, all of which play a role in regulating how cells grow, divide, or die. When cell regulation is not working correctly, the risk of un...

Hereditary prostate cancer

1 in 5 Swedish men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. Guidelines for the identification of hereditary prostate cancer are now expanded.

27-04-2021

How common is prostate cancer? 1 Every fifth man in Sweden will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, resulting in approximately 10 000...

Hereditary cancer: 97% of all carriers remain unidentified

Family history-based testing identifies some, misses many

23-04-2021

In the Swedish healthcare system, families must fulfill specific criteria to be offered genetic testing for hereditary cancer. One such criteria is the occurr...

Polyposis syndromes

Polyposis' cause, associated cancer types, and risk-reducing measures

15-04-2021

In an earlier post we wrote about hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes, which can be divided into Lynch syndrome and polyposis syndromes. In this post we wi...

iCellate’s lab receives ISO 15189 certification by Swedac

iCellate is the only Swedish company that holds an ISO 15189 certification within cancer diagnostics.

13-04-2021

Stockholm, Sweden – April 12, 2021 - iCellate Medical AB, a Swedish cancer diagnostics company receives news of Swedac’s decision to certify according to ISO...

Hereditary ovarian cancer

15-20% of all ovarian cancer is hereditary

03-03-2021

How common is ovarian cancer? Ovarian cancer is the seventh most common cancer in Swedish women and accounts 3% of all cancers in women1. The average lifetime...

Lynch Syndrome

Lynch syndrom is caused by hereditary pathogenic variants and increases the risk of several different cancer types

24-02-2021

In an earlier post we wrote about hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes, which can be divided into Lynch syndrome and polyposis syndromes. Lynch syndrome con...

Things to consider prior to genetic testing

15-02-2021

There may be several reasons you wish to take a genetic test. In families with suspected hereditary cancer genetic testing is used to determine whether the ca...

Hereditary breast cancer

15-20% of all breast cancer is hereditary

03-02-2021

How common is breast cancer? More than one in ten Swedish women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their liftetime, which makes breast cancer the mo...

Hereditary colorectal cancer

One third of all colorectal cancer is hereditary

01-12-2020

How common is colorectal cancer? About 7000 people get diagnosed with colorectal cancer in Sweden each year1, which makes it the third most common cancer in S...