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Cancer Genetics Risk Assessment and Counseling (PDQ®)     
Last Modified: 04/15/2009
Health Professional Version
Changes to This Summary (04/15/2009)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Components of the Risk Assessment Process 1

Added text 2 that complementary and alternative medicine practics may be included in the consultand's health history .

Education and Counseling About Risk/Risk Communication 3

Added text 4 about a systematic review of studies that evaluated communication interventions and showed that risk communication benefits users cognitively by increasing their knowledge and understanding of risk perception (cited 2008 Edwards et al. as reference 5 and 2003 Edwards et al. as reference 6).

The Option of Genetic Testing 5

Added Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Genetic Tests 6 as a new subsection.



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1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/risk-assessment-and-counseling/
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2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/risk-assessment-and-counseling/
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3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/risk-assessment-and-counseling/
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4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/risk-assessment-and-counseling/
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5http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/risk-assessment-and-counseling/
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6http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/risk-assessment-and-counseling/
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