Experts Introduce Biomarker Testing: Germline Testing

Overview

Speaker: Suzanne Mahon, DNSc, RN, AOCN®, AGN-BC

Dr. Mahon provides an overview of germline testing and implications for nursing practice. She introduces the assessment findings that would lead to a referral to a genetics healthcare professional and the need of germline testing. She then reviews the possible outcomes of germline testing and what that interpretation means for the oncology nurse providing care to the patient.

This resource was developed by ONS through a sponsorship from AstraZeneca.

 

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