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Mainstreamed genetic testing of breast cancer patients: experience from a single surgeon's practice in a large US Academic Center.
Familial cancer - 1 Oct 2023
Chai Teresa S, Yin Kanhua, Wooters Mackenzie, Shannon Kristen M, Hughes Kevin S
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This study evaluated the impact of mainstreamed genetic testing (MGT) on the timing and uptake of testing in an academic breast surgeon's practice. Before September 2019 (pre-MGT phase), a breast surgery practice at Massachusetts General Hospital followed a traditional model of a pre-test consultation with a genetic counselor (GC) following a referral. After September 2019 (post-MGT phase), the same practice...
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