Too much of a good thing? Overdiagnosis, or overestimating risk in preventive genomic screening

Per Med. 2018 Sep;15(5):343-346. doi: 10.2217/pme-2018-0041. Epub 2018 Sep 27.

Authors

Karen M Meagher¹, Jonathan S Berg²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7240, USA.
² Department of Genetics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7264, USA.

PMID: 30260288
DOI: 10.2217/pme-2018-0041

No abstract available

Keywords: medical genetics; medicalization; overdiagnosis; precision health; predictor of poor health; prevention; preventive genomic screening.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Genetic Testing / ethics*
Genetic Testing / trends
Genomics
Humans
Medical Overuse / prevention & control*
Medical Overuse / trends*
Precision Medicine / methods

Grants and funding

P50 HG004488/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/United States