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OncoVue: First Gene-Based Test for Breast Cancer Risk
OncoVue: First Genetic Test for Breast Cancer Risk
B. Jancin
20080003
2008 Jan 3
Elsevier Global Medical News
OncoVue: First Gene-Based Test for Breast Cancer Risk
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2008 Jan 3, B. Jancin
SAN ANTONIO (EGMN) - A novel test for prediction of an individual's breast cancer risk that incorporates gene-based information along with clinical and lifestyle data significantly outperformed the widely used Gail model in a validation study.The test, known as OncoVue, utilises data from a patient questionnaire along with DNA from buccal cells obtained by a mouthwash rinse. The cells are genotyped for 22 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located on 19 genes believed to influence breast carcinogenesis....