Online Genetic Testing Appears to Have Benefits
TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- Online genetic testing for lung cancer appears to offer some benefits to patients, according to U.S. researchers who evaluated the use of an online test among 44 smokers.
"Up until now we have had a clear model for genetic testing. You see a professional genetics counselor, undergo a battery of tests and that professional helps you interpret your results," Saskia Sanderson, who conducted the study while at the social and behavioral research branch of the U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute, said in a news release from the American Association for Cancer Research.
"That model is coming under increasing pressure as more and more genetic information is generated, and as a greater number of genetic tests become available on the Internet," Sanderson added.
"What we found was encouraging in that people who got these online genetic results recalled them correctly, and no one regretted having taken the test, though it is important to remember that this was a small group of select smokers and that others may respond differently," said Sanderson, a postdoctoral fellow in the department of genetics and genomic sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.
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