Together with colleagues from the Genetics Department at Radboudumc and Erasmus MC, Anke Oerlemans, IQ Health, recently published the article “Incidental findings in genomic diagnostics: What do we tell the patient?” in the Dutch Journal of Medicine.
The increased use of comprehensive genome diagnostics increases the chance of making an incidental finding. Incidental findings in genome diagnostics are variants that are not directly related to the condition for which the genetic test was performed, but may be relevant to the health of the patient and/or their family members.
Using two fictional cases, they illustrate the dilemmas that can arise in the context of incidental findings. See Incidental findings in genome diagnostics | NTVG (Behind paywall)