USF researcher knew cancer ran in her family. Genetic testing told her why.
October 07, 2026
October 07, 2026
TAMPA, Florida, Oct. 7 -- The University of South Florida posted the following news:
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USF researcher knew cancer ran in her family. Genetic testing told her why.
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At 8 years old, Marleah Dean Kruzel watched her mother battle breast cancer and feared what the disease might take from her family.
"At certain points in her journey, we couldn't give her a hug," Dean Kruzel recalled. "The chemotherapy, she react . . .
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USF researcher knew cancer ran in her family. Genetic testing told her why.
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At 8 years old, Marleah Dean Kruzel watched her mother battle breast cancer and feared what the disease might take from her family.
"At certain points in her journey, we couldn't give her a hug," Dean Kruzel recalled. "The chemotherapy, she react . . .