Oncologists' and cancer patients' views on whole-exome sequencing and incidental findings: results from the CanSeq study.

Stacy W GrayElyse R ParkJulie NajitaYolanda MartinsLara TraegerElizabeth BairJoshua GagneJudy GarberPasi A JänneNeal LindemanCarol LowensteinNelly OliverLynette ShollEliezer M Van AllenNikhil WagleSam WoodLevi GarrawaySteven Joffe

Published in: Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics (2016)

The majority of patients want most cancer-related and incidental WES results. Patients' low levels of genetic knowledge and oncologists' inexperience with large-scale sequencing present challenges to implementing paired WES in practice.Genet Med 18 10, 1011-1019.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
healthcare
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
genome wide
patient reported