Do Health Professionals Need Additional Competencies for Stratified Cancer Prevention Based on Genetic Risk Profiling?

Do Health Professionals Need Additional Competencies for Stratified Cancer Prevention Based on Genetic Risk Profiling?

There is growing evidence that inclusion of genetic information about known common susceptibility variants may enable population risk-stratification and personalized prevention for common diseases including cancer. This would require the inclusion of genetic testing as an integral part of individual...

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Main Authors: Susmita Chowdhury, Lidewij Henneman, Tom Dent, Alison Hall, Alice Burton, Paul Pharoah, Nora Pashayan, Hilary Burton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-06-01
Series:Journal of Personalized Medicine
Subjects:
genetic risk
risk-assessment
common-disease prevention
competence
health professionals
risk-stratified prevention
risk-stratified screening
knowledge
skills
risk-tools
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/5/2/191

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