DNA Screening Incidentalome

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Genomic medicine offers affordable test arrays that screen for hundreds of thousands of genetic risk factors. However, further tests needed to distinguish between true positive and false positive results are more costly and may entail various inconveniences or even the iatrogenic risks of using advanced diagnostic techniques.
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Contributed by: Michael Schreiber (March 2011)
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Incidental findings may help patients, and a radiologist will pay attention to all incidentalomas detected as most of them indicate unexpected real mass; however, most DNA results just indicate potential risks instead.
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Published: March 7 2011