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Hereditary cancer gene panel test reports: wide heterogeneity suggests need for standardization

Author(s) -

Sukh Makhnoon,

Brian H. Shirts,

Deborah J. Bowen,

Stephanie M. Fullerton

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

genetics in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.509

H-Index - 128

eISSN - 1530-0366

pISSN - 1098-3600

DOI - 10.1038/gim.2018.23

Subject(s) - readability , test (biology) , medicine , standardization , genetic testing , family medicine , computer science , biology , paleontology , programming language , operating system

Laboratory-generated genomic test reports are used to convey complex, and frequently multivariant or uncertain, information about disease risk to medical genetics professionals as well as to nonspecialist clinicians, patients, and family members. However, few guidelines exist to guide the content and format of genomic test reports, and little is known about variation in current reporting practices.

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