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Multigene testing offers cost-effective, broader approach to breast cancer prevention

Multigene testing offers cost-effective, broader approach to breast cancer prevention

Blood sample for BRCA test | Image credit: jarun011 – stock.adobe.com Regardless of family history, population-based testing was a more cost-effective way to prevent breast and ovarian cancer compared to current family history-based testing strategies.1 Until 1994 when BRCA1 and 1995 when BRCA2 mutations were discovered, allowing for more targeted and individualized cancer prevention care …