Will Cancer Risk Assessment and Counseling Services Survive Genetic Testing?
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Risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing for BRCA-related cancer in women: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement.
DESCRIPTION Update of the 2005 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation on genetic risk assessment and BRCA mutation testing for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility. METHODS The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on risk assessment,genetic counseling, and genetic testing for potentially harmful BRCA mutations in asymptomatic women with a family history of breast or ovarian c...
متن کاملBayesian analysis and risk assessment in genetic counseling and testing.
Risk assessment is an essential component of genetic counseling and testing, and Bayesian analysis plays a central role in genetic risk assessment. Bayesian analysis allows calculation of the probability of a particular hypothesis, either disease or carrier status, based on family information and/or genetic test results. Genetic risk should be assessed as accurately as possible for family decis...
متن کاملRisk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women.
BACKGROUND Mutations in breast cancer susceptibility genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) are associated with increased risks for breast, ovarian, and other types of cancer. PURPOSE To review new evidence on the benefits and harms of risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing for BRCA-related cancer in women. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE and PsycINFO between 2004 and 30 July 2013, the Cochrane Cen...
متن کاملRisk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women: USPSTF Recommendation Statement
Methods: The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing for potentially harmful BRCA mutations in asymptomatic women with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer but no personal history of cancer or known potentially harmful BRCA mutations in their family. The USPSTF also reviewed interventions aimed at reducing the risk for BRCArelated cancer ...
متن کاملAttitudes and psychological impact of genetic testing, genetic counseling, and breast cancer risk assessment among women at increased risk.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To review research related to the psychological functioning of women with family histories of breast cancer, the impact of genetic counseling on women at increased risk, and their participation in and description of breast cancer risk evaluation programs. DATA SOURCES Published articles and material from the World Wide Web. DATA SYNTHESIS Findings from these sources sugge...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Oncologica
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0284-186X,1651-226X
DOI: 10.1080/028418699432897