2016
Patient preferences regarding incidental genomic findings discovered during tumor profiling
Yushak ML, Han G, Bouberhan S, Epstein L, DiGiovanna MP, Mougalian SS, Sanft TB, Abu-Khalaf MM, Chung GG, Stein SM, Goldberg SB, Pusztai L, Hofstatter EW. Patient preferences regarding incidental genomic findings discovered during tumor profiling. Cancer 2016, 122: 1588-1597. PMID: 26970385, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29951.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidental findingTumor profilingGermline variantsAmbulatory oncology clinicsMajority of patientsStandard of careTumor profiling testsOncology clinicPreventable diseaseFamily historyPatient tumorsInformation patientsPreventable illnessPatientsDisease variablesUnpreventable diseaseUncertain significanceDisclosure preferencesCancerFrequent concernTumorsIllnessProfiling testsDiseaseCurrent study
2015
Tumor profiling and the incidentalome: patient decisions and risks
Hofstatter E, Mehra K, Yushak M, Pusztai L. Tumor profiling and the incidentalome: patient decisions and risks. Future Oncology 2015, 11: 3299-3305. PMID: 26562094, DOI: 10.2217/fon.15.260.BooksConceptsTumor profilingField of oncologyTumor DNA sequencesOncology patientsIncidental discoveryPatient educationPatient's perspectivePatient decisionOncology communityClinical implicationsPatient healthGermline mutationsCancer medicineGenetic sequencingCancer therapyTherapyPotential riskRiskHealthPatientsIncidentalomeMainstayDiseaseOncologyProfiling