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Cancer Genetics Overview (PDQ®)     
Last Modified: 10/05/2009
Health Professional Version
Changes to This Summary (10/05/2009)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Genetics Resources 1

Added the Essentials of Genetic and Genomic Nursing: Competencies, Curricula Guidelines, and Outcome Indicators 2 as health professional practice and education resource that establishes a minimum basis to prepare the nursing workforce to deliver competent genetic and genomic-focused nursing care.

Added the Catalog of Published Genome-Wide Association Studies 3 as an online resource of SNP-trait associations from published genome-wide association studies for use in investigating genomic characteristics of trait/disease-associated SNPs.



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1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/overview/healthprofessional/31.
cdr#Section_31
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/overview/healthprofessional/73.
cdr#Section_73
3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/overview/healthprofessional/78.
cdr#Section_78