Authors: | Begg, C. B.; Pike, M. C. |
Article Title: | Comment on "The predictive capacity of personal genome sequencing" |
Abstract: | An alternative calculation of the predictive capacity of genomic sequencing and an analysis based on the occurrence of cancer in the second breast of breast cancer patients both offer a more optimistic view of the predictive value of genetic data than that presented by Roberts et al. |
Keywords: | leukemia; gene sequence; cancer risk; pancreas cancer; cancer incidence; colorectal cancer; ovary cancer; breast cancer; lung cancer; bladder cancer; prostate cancer; genome analysis; death; dementia; stomach cancer; pelvic organ prolapse; second cancer; genetic risk; parkinson disease; gastroesophageal reflux; insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; cholelithiasis; non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; alzheimer disease; ischemic heart disease; predictive value; irritable colon; thyroid disease; chronic fatigue syndrome; standardized incidence ratio; stress incontinence; dystocia; twin discordance |
Journal Title: | Science Translational Medicine |
Volume: | 4 |
Issue: | 135 |
ISSN: | 1946-6234 |
Publisher: | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
Date Published: | 2012-05-23 |
Start Page: | 135le3 |
Language: | English |
DOI: | 10.1126/scitranslmed.3004162 |
PROVIDER: | scopus |
PUBMED: | 22623736 |
PMCID: | PMC3628545 |
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Notes: | --- - Letter - "Export Date: 5 June 2012" - "Source: Scopus" |