Robyn Hebert, Noelle Cullinan, Linlea Armstrong, Katherine A Blood, Josee Brossard, Ledia Brunga, Chantel Cacciotti, Kimberly Caswell, Sonia Cellot, Hallie Coltin, Rebecca J Deyell, Kathleen Felton, Conrad V Fernandez, Adam J Fleming, Paul Gibson, Rawan Hammad, Nada Jabado, Donna L Johnston, Lucie Lafay-Cousin, Valérie Larouche, Cassandra Leblanc-Desrochers, Orli Michaeli, Renee Perrier, Meghan Pike, Jemma Say, Ian Schiller, Annie-Kim Toupin, Stéphanie Vairy, Kalene van Engelen, Nicolas Waespe, Anita Villani, William D Foulkes, David Malkin, Lara Reichman, Catherine Goudie
BACKGROUND: Cancer predisposition syndromes (CPSs) are responsible for at least 10% of cancer diagnoses in children and adolescents, most of which are not clinically recognised prior to cancer diagnosis. A variety of clinical screening guidelines are used in healthcare settings to help clinicians detect patients who have a higher likelihood of having a CPS. The McGill Interactive Pediatric OncoGenetic Guidelines (MIPOGG) is an electronic health decision support tool that uses algorithms to help clinicians determine if a child/adolescent diagnosed with cancer should be referred to genetics for a CPS evaluation...
July 17, 2023: Journal of Medical Genetics