Definition

myGenetic Risk is a laboratory test under the Healthy Carrier Panels category, performed using next generation sequencing.

Method

Next Generation Sequencing

Accepted sample types

EDTA Blood, Swab

Description

myGeneticRisk is a preventive genetic test that determines the hereditary risk for the most common cardiovascular disease and cancer types worldwide. Knowing one's predisposition to these diseases allows the person to build preventive medical management strategies or to detect them at an early stage when effective treatment is possible. It includes analysis of 162 genes related to the following diseases: HEREDITARY CANCER, Breast cancer, Gastric cancer, Gynecological Cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Prostate cancer, Skin cancer, Colorectal cancer. HEREDITARY CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, Cardiomyopathies, Arrhythmias linked to cardiac pathology, Other syndromes, RASopathies, Familial hypercholesterolemia, Syndromes with vascular involvement. OTHER DISEASES: evaluation of other diseases recommended for analysis by the ACMG, such as hemochromatosis, malignant hyperthermia, or maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY).

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VUS (Variant of Uncertain Significance)

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