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Broad panel genetic testing found effective for diagnosing patients with kidney disease

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A kidney disease panel for 382 genes yielded a high success rate and was effective in identifying monogenic ...
Medical Xpress

Is comprehensive genetic testing worth it for patients with cancer?

Comprehensive gene panel testing, one of the exciting new tools in cancer diagnostics, warrants greater scrutiny—as does a federal program aimed at speeding up the review process for proposed new ...
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Expanding Germline Hereditary Cancer Gene Panel Testing by Nongenetics Providers: 3-Year Experience in Large Integrated Health Care Delivery System

Demand for germline hereditary cancer genetic testing has increased because of reduced cost, gene discovery, expanding indications, and precision cancer therapies. The traditional model for germline ...
Nature

Germline FFPE inherited cancer panel testing in deceased family members: implications for clinical management of unaffected relatives

In the United Kingdom (UK), recommendations for the care of individuals with a family history of breast cancer are detailed in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance [1] ...
Nature

Half of germline pathogenic and likely pathogenic variants found on panel tests do not fulfil NHS testing criteria

Genetic testing for cancer predisposition has been curtailed by the cost of sequencing, and testing has been restricted by eligibility criteria. As the cost of sequencing decreases, the question of ...
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Oncologist Confidence in Genomic Testing and Implications for Using Multimarker Tumor Panel Tests in Practice

Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Comprehensive Genomic Profiling of HPV+ Versus HPV– Forms Reveals Distinct Sets of Potentially Actionable Molecular Targets We used data from the 2017 National Survey ...