Population-based testing for BRCA 1/2 gene mutations detects the high proportion of carriers not identified by cancer family history (FH)-based testing. A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute compared the cost-effectiveness of population-based BRCA testing with the standard FH-based approach in Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) women.
The study found that population-based screening for BRCA mutations is highly cost-effective compared with an FH-based approach in AJ women age 30 years and older.
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