Article
Clinical interpretation of pathogenic ATM and CHEK2 variants on multigene panel tests: navigating moderate risk.
Familial cancer - 1 Oct 2018
West Allison H, Blazer Kathleen R, Stoll Jessica, Jones Matthew, Weipert Caroline M, Nielsen Sarah M, Kupfer Sonia S, Weitzel Jeffrey N, Olopade Olufunmilayo I
Abstract excerpt
Comprehensive genomic cancer risk assessment (GCRA) helps patients, family members, and providers make informed choices about cancer screening, surgical and chemotherapeutic risk reduction, and genetically targeted cancer therapies. The increasing availability of multigene panel tests for clinical applications allows testing of well-defined high-risk genes, as well as moderate-risk genes, for which the penetrance...
Topics
- Adult
- Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins
- Breast Neoplasms
- Checkpoint Kinase 2
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Male
