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Centre Helps People Assess Cancer Risk
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There is better awareness about genetic testing for cancer in the city. Within a month of its launch, the first counselling centre set up in a city hospital to advise people on whether or not they need to take genetic tests has seen eight families with a strong family history of cancer walk in for consultations, to figure if they are predisposed to the condition. In three cases, genetic tests were advised to assess their risk.
Health experts note that people are gradually becoming better informed, even prepared to deal with an illness that in most cases continues to catch many unawares. Besides, with multiple firms offering genetic tests, the centre comes in handy to figure out whether an individual really needs to undergo the test at all. There are strict guidelines for performing such tests, including family history (cancer in two or more relatives and their age when it was detected). Moreover, doctors say that all such predictive testing has to be preceded and followed by appropriate genetic counselling.
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