Cancer — just hearing the word can be scary. But what if you could get a heads up that cancer could be in your future, would you want to know? Genetic testing is giving doctors and patients a way to take more control over their future health. Stef Alastre is a licensed, certified genetics counselor. She explains why genetic testing is so important. "The number one goal of genetic testing is to help us prevent a cancer if we can," Alastre said. "That's obviously what we would want to do, but in the event that we can't prevent it, we would then want to find it very early when the treatment is most successful." At Moffitt Cancer Center, genetic testing is regularly used, not only to help predict your risk but to help target treatment of current patients. Alastre says they are just scratching the surface. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/entertainment/television/brightside/moffitt-cancer-center-genetic-testing-what-to-know/67-8154d2fa-94d6-4077-8d49-55659ae4884f ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay