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Current Insights: Evolving Principles and Controversies of Cancer Risk Assessment and Management of Hereditary Cancers

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: With the introduction of panel and direct-to-consumer testing, genetic testing has become commonplace in recent years, paving the way for both increased awareness around prevalent genetic cancer risks, and also an onslaught of misinformation. At the NCCN 2020 Virtual Annual Conference, Dr. Tuya Pal led a panel of experts in discussing the utility and difficulties associated with multigene testing, the emerging role of moderate-penetrance genes in defining risks for hereditary cancer, and the controversies associated with direct-to-consumer genetic testing services.

Source: Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2020.5013

Authors: Robert Pilarski, Jennifer M. Weiss, Susan M. Domchek, Moderated by Tuya Pal

Institutions: University of Wisconsin–Madison, The Ohio State University, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: BRCA gene mutations in cancer

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W3044667706