ASBS Recommends Genetic Testing for All Breast Cancer Patients

On February 14, the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBS) released a consensus guideline advising that genetic testing should be made available to all patients diagnosed with breast cancer, including patients who had previously been tested. ASBS developed this recommendation because it believes current guidelines regarding genetic testing for breast cancer to be too restrictive.

ASBS also recommended that genetic testing should be made available to patients without a history of breast cancer who meet NCCN guidelines.

Read the ASBS consensus guideline here.

Posted 2/15/2019