Published on 03/13/2015
Human Genomics across the Lifespan
Cancer
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Familial Risks and Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer in Hong Kong Chinese Women.
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Genetic screening in patients with Retinoblastoma in Israel.
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Marketing of personalized cancer care on the web: an analysis of internet websites.
Gray Stacy W, Cronin Angel, Bair Elizabeth, Lindeman Neal, Viswanath Vish, Janeway Katherine A.J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 2015 May (5) -
Cost-Effectiveness of the 21-Gene Breast Cancer Assay in Mexico.
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Lynch syndrome: Five unanswered questions.
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Facilitators and Challenges in Psychosocial Adaptation to Being at Increased Familial Risk of Breast Cancer.
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Familial clustering of breast and prostate cancer and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer in the Women's Health Initiative Study.
Chronic Disease
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Using ApoE Genotyping to Promote Healthy Lifestyles in Finland - Psychological Impacts: Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Family physicians' management of genetic aspects of a cardiac disease: a scenario-based study from slovenia.
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Relationship of age of onset and family history in Parkinson disease.
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Genetic screening in the workplace.
Practice
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GeneYenta: A Phenotype-Based Rare Disease Case Matching Tool Based on Online Dating Algorithms For the Acceleration of Exome Interpretation.
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Societal preferences for the return of incidental findings from clinical genomic sequencing: a discrete-choice experiment.
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Whole exome sequencing of suspected mitochondrial patients in clinical practice.
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Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology.
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Development of clinical decision support alerts for pharmacogenomic incidental findings from exome sequencing.
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Early intervention following trauma may mitigate genetic risk for PTSD in civilians: a pilot prospective emergency department study.
News/ Reviews/Comments
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Parent and public interest in whole-genome sequencing.
Dodson Daniel S, et al. Public health genomics 2015 0 0. (3) 151-9 -
Genetically speaking,
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Smartphones set for large-scale health studies,
by Helen Shen, Nature News, Mar 10 -
Most Canadians want return of significant genomic incidental findings,
by Dr. Philippa Brice, PHG Foundation, Mar 10 -
The landscape of precision cancer medicine clinical trials in the United States.
Roper Nitin, et al. Cancer treatment reviews 2015 5 0. (5) 385-90 -
NIH researchers develop database on healthy immune system,
NIH, Mar 12 -
"If you know it, I'd like to know it too" - involving participants in genomics research,
GenomEthics, Mar 10 -
Saving lives with genetics: newborn screening,
NHS Genetics and Genomics Education Centre, Mar 9 -
Privacy and the 100,000 Genome Project,
by Edward Hockings and Lewis Coyne, the Guardian, Mar 10 -
Human epigenome map yields insights into development, disease,
NIH Research Matters, Mar 9 -
Personalised prevention and public health: an urgent agenda,
by Dr Hilary Burton and Dr Ron Zimmern, PHG Foundation, Mar 6 -
What to do with a million (billion) genomes? Share them,
by Dawn Field, Outblog, Mar 5 -
The feel-good gene,
by Richard A. Friedman, the New York Times, Mar 6 -
Insurance companies are slow to cover next-generation sequencing.
Chakradhar Shraddha.Nat. Med. 2015 Mar 5. (3) 204-5 -
$1-million price tag set for Glybera gene therapy,
Tradesecrets, Mar 3 -
The time is now to go all in on 'moonshot' medicine,
by Unity Stoakes, Techcrunch, Mar 7 -
Genomic medicine needs a long-term tack,
by Bradley J. Fikes, U-T San Diego, Mat 6 -
Pregnant women are finding out they have cancer from a genetic test of their babies,
by Virginia Hughes, Buzz Feed News, Mar 5 -
Genetic testing ads not telling the whole story, study says,
by Sabriya Rice, Modern Healthcare, Mar 6 -
Chromosome biology: You?ve come a long way, baby,
PLOS Blogs, Feb 24 -
UMHS to expand guidelines for genetic counseling,
by Isobel Futter, The Michigan Daily, Mar 9 -
House Call: Genetic testing can boost health awareness,
by Dr. Alisa Hideg, The Spokesman-Review, Mar 10 -
Initial Trends in the Use of the 21-Gene Recurrence Score Assay for Patients With Breast Cancer in the Medicare Population, 2005-2009.
Dinan Michaela A, et al. JAMA oncology 2015 5 0. (2) 158-66 -
The value of personalizing medicine: medical oncologists' views on gene expression profiling in breast cancer treatment.
Bombard Yvonne, et al. The oncologist 2015 4 0. (4) 351-6 -
Ontario study indicates variation in Oncotype DX Use; US study shows use according to guidelines,
Genome Web, Mar 10 [by free subscription only] -
Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer.
Michailidou Kyriaki, et al. Nature genetics 2015 4 0. (4) 373-80 -
Meta-analysis yields new breast cancer risk loci,
Genome Web, Mar 9 [by free subscription only] -
What's your genetic destiny? More than half of parents want to know disease risks for selves, kids,
Newswise, Mar 9 -
BCBS Michigan, UMHS collaborate on improving genetic testing practices,
Genome Web, Mar 5 [by free subscription only] -
Websites marketing genetic cancer tests oversell benefits,
by Roxanne Nelson, Medscape, Mar 6 [by free subscription only] -
ACMG issues new joint guidelines for determining disease-causing potential of DNA sequence variations in Genetics In Medicine,
Laboratory Network, Mar 5 -
Dare to be 100: 30 billion gene folly,
by Walter M. Bortz II, The Huffingtom Blog, Mar 5