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Opportunistic genetic screening increases the diagnostic yield and is medically valuable for care of patients and their relatives with hereditary cancer.

Sara Fernández-CastillejoBàrbara RoigMireia MeléSara SerranoMònica SalvatMontserrat QuerolJoan BrunetMarta PinedaAdela CisnerosDavid ParadaJoan BadiaJoan BorràsMarta Rodriguez-BaladaJosep Gumà
Published in: Journal of medical genetics (2023)
Opportunistic genetic screening increased the diagnostic yield by 1.22% in our cohort. Most of the identified IFs were present in clinically actionable genes (n=7; 70.0%), providing these families with an opportunity to join cancer early detection programmes, as well as secondary cancer prevention. IFs might facilitate the diagnosis of asymptomatic individuals and the early management of cancer once it develops.
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