Rural hospital system demonstrates clinical benefits of universal hereditary cancer testing in breast cancer

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Results from a collaborative study on universal hereditary cancer genetic testing in all patients with breast cancer in a rural population in the Annals of Surgical Oncology. Conducted by Invitae in collaboration with The Outer Banks Hospital in North Carolina from 2019 to 2022, the study analyzed the implementation of universal hereditary cancer genetic testing in all patients with breast cancer, as recommended by the American Society of Breast Surgeons guidelines in 2019. 

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