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

Share on facebook
Share on twitter
Share on linkedin
Share on email
Share on print

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. 

To access this subscriber-only content please log in or subscribe.

If your institution has a site license, log in with IP-login or register for a sponsored account.*
*Not all site licenses are enrolled in sponsored accounts.

Login Subscribe
Table of Contents

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at Zabok General Hospital in Croatia is expanding access to the most advanced radiosurgery services for people across the country with the introduction of the Varian TrueBeam stereotactic body radiation therapy and stereotactic radiosurgery system. The new system delivers radiosurgery treatment with pinpoint accuracy and image-guided precision in a shorter amount of time than current conventional treatments.
Venkata Lokesh BattulaClinton YamA multidisciplinary team of researchers at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and MD Anderson Cancer Center has been awarded a $7.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to fund a novel clinical trial targeting one of the most aggressive and hard-to-treat forms of breast cancer: metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. 

Never miss an issue!

Get alerts for our award-winning coverage in your inbox.

Login