Germline Testing in Patients With Breast Cancer: ASCO-Society of Surgical Oncology Guideline.
Isabelle BedrosianMark R SomerfieldMaria Isabel AchatzJudy C BougheyCurigliano GiuseppeSue FriedmanWendy K KohlmannAllison W KurianChristine LarongaFilipa C LynceBarbara S NorquistJennifer K PlichtaPatricia RodriguezPayal Deepak ShahMarc TischkowitzMarie WoodSiddhartha YadavKatherine YaoMark E RobsonPublished in: Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2024)
should be offered to those with supportive family histories; testing for moderate-penetrance genes may be offered if necessary to inform personal and family cancer risk. Patients should be provided enough pretest information for informed consent; those with pathogenic variants should receive individualized post-test counseling. Variants of uncertain significance should not impact management, and patients with such variants should be followed for reclassification. Referral to providers experienced in clinical cancer genetics may help facilitate patient selection and interpretation of expanded testing, and provide counseling of individuals without pathogenic germline variants but with significant family history.Additional information is available at www.asco.org/breast-cancer-guidelines.