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Risk‐reducing surgery in unaffected individuals receiving cancer genetic testing in an integrated health care system

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Germline genetic testing enables primary cancer prevention, including through prophylactic surgery. We examined risk‐reducing surgeries in unaffected individuals tested for hereditary cancer susceptibly between 2010 and 2018 in the Kaiser… Click to show full abstract

Germline genetic testing enables primary cancer prevention, including through prophylactic surgery. We examined risk‐reducing surgeries in unaffected individuals tested for hereditary cancer susceptibly between 2010 and 2018 in the Kaiser Permanente Northwest health system.

Keywords: surgery; risk reducing; genetic testing; cancer; unaffected individuals

Journal Title: Cancer
Year Published: 2022

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