Article
Personalized Medicine Through SNP Testing for Breast Cancer Risk: Clinical Implementation.
Journal of genetic counseling - 1 Oct 2015
Howe Rebecca, Miron-Shatz Talya, Hanoch Yaniv, Omer Zehra B, O'Donoghue Cristina, Ozanne Elissa M
Abstract excerpt
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have the potential to improve personalized medicine in breast cancer care. As new SNPs are discovered, further enhancing risk classification, SNP testing may serve to complement family history and phenotypic risk factors when assessed in a clinical setting. SNP analysis is particularly relevant to high-risk women who may seek out such information to guide their...
Topics
- Adult
- Breast Neoplasms
- Decision Making
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Testing
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Precision Medicine
