Article
Clinical utility of hereditary cancer panel testing: Impact of PALB2, ATM, CHEK2, NBN, BRIP1, RAD51C, and RAD51D results on patient management and adherence to provider recommendations.
Cancer - 1 Feb 2020
Vysotskaia Valentina, Kaseniit K Eerik, Bucheit Leslie, Ready Kaylene, Price Kristin, Johansen Taber Katherine
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although management guidelines exist for several genes associated with a 2-fold to 5-fold increase in the relative risk for certain cancers, the value of testing for them remains controversial. METHODS: De-identified personal and family history data for 654 individuals with pathogenic variants (PVs) in PALB2, ATM, CHEK2, NBN, BRIP1, RAD51C, and/or RAD51D were analyzed for pretest and post-test...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins
- Breast Neoplasms
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- Checkpoint Kinase 2
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group N Protein
