Patient preferences regarding incidental genomic findings discovered during tumor profiling
Yushak ML, Han G, Bouberhan S, Epstein L, DiGiovanna MP, Mougalian SS, Sanft TB, Abu-Khalaf MM, Chung GG, Stein SM, Goldberg SB, Pusztai L, Hofstatter EW. Patient preferences regarding incidental genomic findings discovered during tumor profiling. Cancer 2016, 122: 1588-1597. PMID: 26970385, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29951.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidental findingTumor profilingGermline variantsAmbulatory oncology clinicsMajority of patientsStandard of careTumor profiling testsOncology clinicPreventable diseaseFamily historyPatient tumorsInformation patientsPreventable illnessPatientsDisease variablesUnpreventable diseaseUncertain significanceDisclosure preferencesCancerFrequent concernTumorsIllnessProfiling testsDiseaseCurrent study