Pretest video education is a viable option for cancer patients who need germline genetic test results to help guide surgical and medical decisions, including those with ovarian cancer, researchers ...
For this study, the authors randomly assigned 250 patients with breast, ovarian, pancreatic, or metastatic prostate cancer to receive pretest education via either video (n = 187) or a traditional ...
Participants were age 39-88 years with no significant demographic differences between the two arms. In the VE arm, 170 (90.95%) participants completed GT versus 49 (77.8%) in the GC arm (P = .01). The ...
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A breakthrough new type of genetic testing is helping families going through in vitro fertilization by testing embryos for future risk of heart disease, psychological conditions and even adult-onset ...
A new consensus statement recommended genetic testing for all categories of kidney diseases whenever a genetic cause is suspected and offered guidance on who to test, which tests are the most useful, ...
If at least two of your close family members have had a brain aneurysm, genetic testing may help identify if you’re at risk. A brain aneurysm is a bulge in one of your brain’s blood vessels. The flow ...
Prevent Blindness, the nation's leading patient advocacy organization dedicated to protecting and preserving eye health, has ...