Abstract
Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) is a multidisciplinary, scholarly Open Access publisher focused on Genetic, Biomedical and Remedial missions in relation with Technical Knowledge as well. Our BJSTR maintains a scrupulous, methodical, fair peer review System. Besides, quality control is riveted in each step of the publication process.
Highlights
Genetic counsellors are uniquely qualified to address cancer risk, interpretation of genetic results, and the inevitable complications of the subsequent ethical, legal and psychosocial issues that are encountered by individuals dealing with cancer and with the evolution of technology that can aid in screening and testing, it has become increasingly important for a country like India to evolve its healthcare policies .Main Body: Entry into and the timing of the first genetic counsellor’s referral hold importance as they are based on family history, ethnicity, phenotypic expressions, high-risk tumour types, non-oncological findings and incidental findings, and ensure that all prophylactic measures, possible tests, therapies and management options are considered
Cancer screening, testing, management are all aspects of genetic counselling that should evolve in accordance contemporary developments in the respective fields
Identification of people with cancer predisposition syndromes and germ line pathogenic variants [2] has become easier with the advent and utilization of genome-wide gene sequencing panels [3,4] chromosomal arrays, and whole exome/genome sequencing and, somatic tumor testing, emphasizing the increasing necessity for both cancer predisposition testing and genetic counselling programs specializing in the testing, management and care of cancer [5]
Summary
Cancer testing and management is an ever-growing field primarily due to our increasing understanding of unknown syndromes and their underlying genetics, and the expansion of available information of known cancer syndromes In accordance with these basic developments, there should be a correlating evolution in the various genetic testing and counselling practices available for the same. These take the form of improved access to aforementioned resources and formulations of government policies that tackle health care from this perspective [45] One such advancement can be the necessitation of population-based genetic screening [46,47] and testing for common pathogenic variants of the most abundantly found cancer syndromes, e.g. BRCA 1 and 2 testing for breast cancer [4,42,48].
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