As cancer treatment and survivorship care relies more on understanding the genetic make-up of an individual’s tumor, a new study from the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center finds that many breast cancer survivors who meet criteria for genetic counseling and testing are not receiving it. The paper is published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The good news: Among those who do get testing, nearly two-thirds who have a genetic variant are reaching out to family members to talk about their results. “Our findings support a rapidly growing movement to simplify clinical guidelines to increase access to genetic Read More
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