New Computer Based Tools Will Help Make Best Use Of Genetic Breast Cancer Tests

A new federal project, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, will lead efforts to develop, implement and evaluate four computer-based decision-support tools that will help clinicians and patients better use genetic tests to evaluate and treat breast cancer. The first pair of tools will assess whether a woman with a family history of cancer should be tested for BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations.

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Filed under: Breast Cancer on September 30th, 2008