From the patient to the population: Use of genomics for population screening.
Front Genet
; 13: 893832, 2022.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36353115
ABSTRACT
Genomic medicine is expanding from a focus on diagnosis at the patient level to prevention at the population level given the ongoing under-ascertainment of high-risk and actionable genetic conditions using current strategies, particularly hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC), Lynch Syndrome (LS) and familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). The availability of large-scale next-generation sequencing strategies and preventive options for these conditions makes it increasingly feasible to screen pre-symptomatic individuals through public health-based approaches, rather than restricting testing to high-risk groups. This raises anew, and with urgency, questions about the limits of screening as well as the moral authority and capacity to screen for genetic conditions at a population level. We aimed to answer some of these critical questions by using the WHO Wilson and Jungner criteria to guide a synthesis of current evidence on population genomic screening for HBOC, LS, and FH.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Front Genet
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Canada