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Psychological distress following multi-gene panel testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer risk.
Journal of genetic counseling - 1 Apr 2025
Carlsson Lindsay, Bedard Philippe L, Kim Raymond H, Metcalfe Kelly
Abstract excerpt
Advances in our understanding of the genetic landscape of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) have led to the clinical adoption of multi-gene panel testing. Panel testing introduces new sources of genetic uncertainty secondary to the inclusion of moderate- and low-penetrance genes, as well as the increased likelihood of identifying a variant of uncertain significance (VUS). This cross-sectional study...
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