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ICYMI: Hereditary cancer screening feasible in community gynecologic practices


 

FROM OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

After a group of community obstetrics and gynecology practices underwent training in hereditary cancer screening, genetic testing rates increased by four times over the immediate preintervention rate and by eight times over the year prior to intervention, according to results of a prospective process intervention study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology (2018 Oct 5. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002916).

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