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Myriad Genetics Focuses on Expanding Access, Collaboration and Equity in Genetic Testing at National Society of Genetic Counselors Meeting
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myriad Genetics, Inc., (NASDAQ: MYGN), a leader in genetic testing and precision medicine, will spotlight
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[{"type":"text","content":"SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myriad Genetics, Inc., (NASDAQ: MYGN), a leader in genetic testing and precision medicine, will spotlight efforts to expand access to prenatal and hereditary cancer genetic insights at the 41st Annual National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) meeting, Nov. 16-19 in Nashville, Tenn. “In today’s patient-centric healthcare system, genetic counselors play an integral role by empowering patients and physicians with data-driven genetic insights and personalized medical information to support critical healthcare decisions,” said Paul J. Diaz, president and CEO, Myriad Genetics. “We’re committed to increasing collaboration with the genetic counselor community to make genetic testing more accessible, affordable and easier to use for all patient populations.” On Saturday, Nov. 19 at 12:30 p.m. CT, Myriad will host a CEU symposium titled ‘How inclusion, accessibility, innovation and collaboration are shaping the future of precision medicine’, presented by Nicole Lambert, chief operating officer; Thomas Slavin, M.D., chief medical officer; Dale Muzzey, Ph.D., chief scientific officer; and Susan Manley, senior vice president of Medical Services. Myriad also will share a poster titled ‘Curation of pathogenic genome-wide copy number variants in a noninvasive prenatal screen (NIPS)’ by Sam Cox, Ph.D., senior clinical genomics scientist. Data will highlight how technological improvements now allow for the detection of copy number variants (CNVs) across the genome in NIPS. Among the Myriad products highlighted in the company’s NSGC exhibit (#307) are: MyRisk™ with RiskScore®, Myriad’s market-leading hereditary cancer test that offers the first polygenic breast cancer risk assessment for women of all ancestries. RiskScore delivers a personalized 5-year and lifetime risk for developing breast cancer for women who qualify for MyRisk. JCO Precision Oncology recently published a study1 that highlights the development and validation of RiskScore for women of all ancestries. The study examined data from more than 275,000 women of diverse ancestral backgrounds to validate the use of ancestry-informative genetic markers. Results showed the new method was more accurate for women of all ancestries.Prequel® with AMPLIFY technology, a non-invasive prenatal screen (NIPS) that helps determine if a pregnancy ...