(WFLA/CNN Newsource) – Breast cancer testing guidelines are 20 years out of date, according to a new study.
The current guidelines for genetic testing limit the number of women who can get tested and because of these restrictions, the tests miss as many patients with hereditary cancers as they find.
The result is patients without genetic testing might not get the appropriate treatment for their cancer, which could be a matter of life or death.
One of those authors of the study says the data supports one clear guideline: that all breast cancer patients should receive genetic testing.
You can read more about the study in Monday’s “The Journal of Clinical Oncology.”