Genetic testing: Not a one-and-done deal: Cancer-related gene variations are frequently reclassified -- ScienceDaily

Genetic testing: Not a one-and-done deal: Cancer-related gene variations are frequently reclassified -- ScienceDaily

Genetic testing: Not a one-and-done deal

Cancer-related gene variations are frequently reclassified

Date:

September 25, 2018

Source:

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Summary:

A study that reviewed genetic testing results from 1.45 million individuals found that nearly 25 percent of 'variants of uncertain significance' were subsequently reclassified -- sometimes as less likely to be associated with cancer, sometimes as more likely.