SUS Will Offer Genetic Test for Breast Cancer; Understand
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On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health published a decree in the Official Journal of the Union incorporating the genetic test for the identification of mutation in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, linked to breast cancer, in the Unified Health System (SUS). The technical areas will have the maximum of 180 days to carry out the offer in the public network. Medical entities such as the Brazilian Society of Mastology (SBM), which requested the incorporation, a…
The high-precision genetic test, which detects the risk of breast cancer, will be available free of charge in the Unified Health System (SUS). With the exam, it is possible to identify mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.The novelty was announced by the Ministry of Health (MS), on last Wednesday, 13, in publication of the decree of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation in Health.Now, the SUS has the time of 180 days to carry ou…
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