Decision thresholds with genetic testing.

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A genetic test is a test for the presence or absence of a genetic mutation. A positive test outcome that reveals a mutation associated with increased risk for a disease may lead a patient to seek preventive treatment provided that the penetrance (probability of developing the disease given the mutation) is sufficiently high. We derive the test threshold and the test-treatment threshold, which confine the mutation...

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