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Peter Beitsch

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cancer surgeon trained at MD Anderson and John Wayne Cancer Institute. Now practicing in Dallas. Specializing in breast cancer and melanoma

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4 years ago

Genetic testing w small pieces (SNP's) of the gene shouldn't be used to detect pathogenic variants (PV) in cancer genes due to high false pos's (called PV when gene is normal) & high false neg's (called normal when gene has PV). Companies that analyze entire genes should be used.