A clinical guide to hereditary cancer panel testing: evaluation of gene-specific cancer associations and sensitivity of genetic testing criteria in a cohort of 165,000 high-risk patients
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DOI: 10.1038/s41436-019-0633-8
Abstract: Purpose Despite the rapid uptake of multigene panel testing (MGPT) for hereditary cancer predisposition, there is limited guidance surrounding indications for testing and genes to include. Methods To inform the clinical approach to hereditary cancer… read more here.
Keywords: genetic testing; criteria cohort; hereditary cancer; testing criteria ... See more keywords
Symptom Criteria for COVID‐19 Testing of Heath Care Workers
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DOI: 10.1111/acem.14009
Abstract: Abstract Background Limitations on testing availability has been a challenge during the COVID‐19 pandemic. An evidence based symptom criteria for identifying heath care workers (HCW) for testing, based on the probability of positive COVID‐19 test… read more here.
Keywords: symptom criteria; heath care; loss taste; care workers ... See more keywords
Real-Time Electronic Tracking of Diarrheal Episodes and Laxative Therapy Enables Verification of Clostridium difficile Clinical Testing Criteria and Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infection Rates
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DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02319-16
Abstract: ABSTRACT Health care-onset health care facility-associated Clostridium difficile infection (HO-CDI) is overdiagnosed for several reasons, including the high prevalence of C. difficile colonization and the inability of hospitals to limit testing to patients with clinically… read more here.
Keywords: clostridium difficile; real time; clostridium; testing criteria ... See more keywords
Coronavirus Disease Case Definitions, Diagnostic Testing Criteria, and Surveillance in 25 Countries with Highest Reported Case Counts
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DOI: 10.3201/eid2801.211082
Abstract: We compared case definitions for suspected, probable, and confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as well as diagnostic testing criteria, used in the 25 countries with the highest reported case counts as of October 1, 2020. Of… read more here.
Keywords: diagnostic testing; case counts; coronavirus disease; testing criteria ... See more keywords
Effect on Germline Mutation Rate in a High-Risk Chinese Breast Cancer Cohort after Compliance with The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) 2023 v.1 Testing Criteria
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DOI: 10.3390/cancers15092635
Abstract: Simple Summary The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines are testing criteria used to identify high-risk individuals associated with an increased risk of breast, ovarian, pancreatic, and prostate cancer. The testing criteria have been recently modified in… read more here.
Keywords: mutation rates; breast; testing criteria; breast cancer ... See more keywords