Open AccessHealth behaviors not significantly changed by direct‐to‐consumer genetic testing
Author(s) -
Barton Mary Kay
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/caac.21368
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , genetic testing , psychology , health care , key (lock) , genetic counseling , medicine , risk analysis (engineering) , social psychology , computer science , genetics , biology , political science , computer security , communication , law
Key Points SNP‐based cancer risk estimates do not appear to affect health‐related behaviors positively or negatively. DTC genetic testing will continue to evolve and become more complicated, and the health care provider is obligated to educate patients and refer them to genetic counselors appropriately.