secondary findings
Investigators Urge Additional Screening to Catch Maternal Cancer From Nonreportable NIPT Results
An NIH team detected maternal cancers in nearly half of individuals with unusual or nonreportable findings from cell-free DNA-based fetal aneuploidy tests.
Early IDENTIFY Trial Results Suggest Half of Women With Non-Reportable NIPT Result Have Cancer
At the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics annual meeting, NICHD Director Diana Bianchi reported that whole-body MRI was the best follow-up test to confirm or rule out cancer.
Icelandic Study Links Actionable Genetic Variants to Reduced Lifespan
Using sequence data for almost 58,000 Icelanders, Decode Genetics researchers showed that actionable genotypes were associated with earlier death.
ACMG Adds Three New Genes to Secondary Findings List
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics has added three new cardiovascular genes to the latest release of its secondary finding list.
ACMG Adds Five More Genes to Secondary Finding List
Pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants in the newly added genes contribute to risk of dilated cardiomyopathy or heart failure.