Few Ontario women with invasive ovarian cancer referred for genetic testing of breast cancer genes
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 19:30
in Health & Medicine
An Ontario study of 491 women with invasive ovarian cancer found only a small proportion, 19%, were referred for genetic testing of BRCA1 and BRCA2, the breast cancer genes, which means family members are not informed of their cancer risk...
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