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Friday, September 20, 2013

Charity calls for routine BRCA testing of ovarian cancer patients | BMJ (England)



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All women in England with ovarian cancer should be tested for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations at the time of diagnosis, as currently happens in Scotland, a charity has demanded.
The call by Ovarian Cancer Action was backed by an expert panel of geneticists, genetic counsellors, and medical oncologists at a panel discussion held last week at the Royal Society in London.
The charity’s policy paper calls for all women with invasive non-mucinous epithelial ovarian cancer, …
 

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