Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for <i>BRCA</i> -Related Cancer

Preventive Services Task Force, US; K Owens, Douglas; W. Davidson, Karina; H. Krist, Alex; J. Barry, Michael; D. Cabana, Michael; B. Caughey, Aaron; A. Doubeni, Chyke; W. Epling, John; Kubik, Martha; Seth Landefeld, C.; M. Mangione, Carol; Pbert, Lori; Silverstein, Michael; A. Simon, Melissa; Tseng, Chien‐Wen; B. Wong, John

doi:10.1001/jama.2019.10987

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Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA -Related Cancer

Published in JAMA • Aug 20, 2019

Authors:

US Preventive Services Task Force

Douglas K Owens

Karina W. Davidson

Abstract

Importance: Potentially harmful mutations of the breast cancer susceptibility 1 and 2 genes (BRCA1/2) are associated with increased risk for breast, ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer. For women in the United States, breast cancer is the most common cancer after nonmelanoma skin cancer a...

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Medicine

Breast cancer

Genetic testing

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