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Patients should learn about secondary genetic risk factors, say recommendations
Imagine getting a chest X-ray to identify the cause of a serious cough. The radiologist finds a shadow that wasn’t causing the cough, but could be a tumour. In many cases, it is obvious what to do upon finding these sorts of secondary or incidental findings – most doctors would follow up on the search for a possible lung tumour, for example.
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