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Journal of Genetic Counseling
Published in: Journal of Genetic Counseling 6/2009

01-12-2009 | Commentary

Unprepared, Understaffed, and Unplanned: Thoughts on the Practical Implications of Discovering New Breast and Ovarian Cancer Causing Genes

Author: Robert G. Resta

Published in: Journal of Genetic Counseling | Issue 6/2009

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Excerpt

The majority of high-risk breast/ovarian cancer families do not have BRCA1/2 mutations. These uninformative results are frustrating for patients and clinicians. All women in mutation-negative families must be treated as being at high risk for developing cancer, when, by the dictates of autosomal dominant inheritance, only half of the women need risk-reducing surgery and intensive surveillance while the other half face no-greater-than-average cancer risks. The trick is figuring out which half is which. …
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Title
Unprepared, Understaffed, and Unplanned: Thoughts on the Practical Implications of Discovering New Breast and Ovarian Cancer Causing Genes
Author
Robert G. Resta
Publication date
01-12-2009
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Genetic Counseling / Issue 6/2009
Print ISSN: 1059-7700
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3599
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-009-9251-y

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