Make lifesaving cancer-risk genetic testing accessible to all Americans

Dr. Deb Bowen, Professor of Bioethics & Humanities, and her colleages Dr. Elizabeth Swisher (UW Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology) and Dr. Barbara Norquist (UW Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology) hope that findings from their newly funded NIH research study will set the stage for a more efficient, cost-saving system of providing genetic cancer testing to all men and women at age 30, regardless of personal or family history. Such tests should be easy to obtain and accompanied by a provider’s guidance, if requested, to create a care plan that fits the patient’s new information about cancer risk.