Genetic Testing For Cancer Risk Is On The Rise -- But Is It Smart?
Forbes
Arlene Weintraub
May 31, 2016

Still, the risk of getting a fuzzy result from a genetic test worries some genetic counselors. Such results “don’t tell us anything,” says Joy Larsen Haidle, a genetic counselor at Humphrey Cancer Center in Robbinsdale, Minn. and immediate past president of the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC). “So just because a test is available doesn’t mean that it’s useful for everyone. And is it the best way for us to be spending our healthcare dollars?”