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Is It Time to Expand Our Definition of "Clinical Utility"?
Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center - 1 Jan 2000
Sorscher Steven
Abstract excerpt
Currently, genetic tests that predict cancer risk or risk of recurrence in patients who have had their cancer treated with curative intent must have proven "clinical utility" to be recommended by the organizations responsible for publishing the standard-of-care guidelines for cancer care.Based on the current definition of clinical utility, most patients are denied testing for cancer-predisposing genes or...
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