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Time to incorporate germline multigene panel testing into breast and ovarian cancer patient care.

Rossella GraffeoLuca LivraghiOlivia PaganiAron GoldhirschAnn H PartridgeJudy E Garber
Published in: Breast cancer research and treatment (2016)
We summarize the current guidelines for the management of high and moderate-penetrance mutations for breast and OC susceptibility. Continuous updating of guidelines for proper clinical management of these individuals is ongoing because of rapid advances in technology and knowledge in this field. Thus, we exhort the use of multigene panels for the assessment of cancer risk beyond the classic predisposition syndromes as a new standard of care in cancer genetics. We further support an increase of genetic counselors in Europe and use of their expertise to support genetic testing in specialist multidisciplinary teams.
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