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Monday, January 19, 2009

CDC Issues Cancer Genetic Test Recommendations | GenomeWeb



CDC Issues Cancer Genetic Test Recommendations | GenomeWeb

"After conducting an evidence-based analysis, the CDC's Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention Working Group, or EWG, said it could recommend offering genetic testing for Lynch syndrome to newly diagnosed colorectal cancer patients, but that it did not find enough evidence to recommend for or against two other types of genetic tests, for breast cancer and metastatic colorectal cancer."

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