BRCA Screening Guidelines Too Reliant on Family History, Stakeholders Tell USPSTF

Mar 14, 2019

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Patient advocates, researchers, and leading testing labs are disappointed with the US Preventive Services Task Force's draft recommendations on genetic testing for BRCA-related cancers for not reflecting the growing body of evidence that shows that a family history-focused screening strategy misses a significant swathe of the at-risk population.

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