Germline pathogenic variants among women without a history of breast cancer

JAMA Internal Medicine

2025-12-12

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this secondary analysis of the WISDOM trial, a randomized clinical trial that enrolled women without breast cancer ages 40 to 74, criteria-independent genetic testing in a pragmatic trial identified a substantial number of women with clinically actionable results, many of whom would not have qualified for genetic
testing under current guidelines. These findings support broader access to genetic testing as part of personalized breast cancer risk assessment.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Lisa Madlensky, PhD, email lmadlensky@health.ucsd.edu.

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(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.7323)

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