Genetics in practice: 2. Colon and breast cancer.
Those who test negative should be reminded that normal risk does not mean no risk, and standard cancer screening guidelines should still be followed. In patients with a strong family history of risk, a negative genetic test result indicates reduced risk only if a specific mutation has been identified in other family members.
Stehney
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Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, Conn., USA.
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