 Genetic Testing
"Genetic Testing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Detection of a MUTATION; GENOTYPE; KARYOTYPE; or specific ALLELES associated with genetic traits, heritable diseases, or predisposition to a disease, or that may lead to the disease in descendants. It includes prenatal genetic testing.
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D005820
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.562 E05.200.562 E05.393.435 N02.421.308.430 N02.421.726.233.221
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| Concept/Terms |
Testing, Genetic Predisposition- Testing, Genetic Predisposition
- Predisposition Testing, Genetic
- Predictive Testing, Genetic
- Genetic Predictive Testing
- Testing, Genetic Predictive
- Predictive Genetic Testing
- Genetic Testing, Predictive
- Testing, Predictive Genetic
- Genetic Predisposition Testing
Genetic Screening- Genetic Screening
- Genetic Screenings
- Screening, Genetic
- Screenings, Genetic
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Genetic Testing" by people in this website by year, and whether "Genetic Testing" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2000 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2001 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2003 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2004 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2005 | 6 | 10 | 16 | | 2006 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2007 | 4 | 7 | 11 | | 2008 | 5 | 10 | 15 | | 2009 | 4 | 5 | 9 | | 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2011 | 3 | 11 | 14 | | 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2013 | 9 | 7 | 16 | | 2014 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2015 | 10 | 14 | 24 | | 2016 | 8 | 9 | 17 | | 2017 | 7 | 12 | 19 | | 2018 | 15 | 16 | 31 | | 2019 | 10 | 17 | 27 | | 2020 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 2021 | 9 | 14 | 23 | | 2022 | 3 | 9 | 12 | | 2023 | 3 | 10 | 13 | | 2024 | 7 | 9 | 16 | | 2025 | 11 | 11 | 22 | | 2026 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Genetic Testing" by people in Profiles.
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Hansen A, Luca S, Moran O, Babul-Hirji R, Coe TB, Wilk K, Assamad D, Fooks K, Venkataramanan V, Shickh S, Yan J, Wu V, Badalato L, Balci TB, Ladouceur VB, Chad L, Chisholm C, Gillespie MK, Huang L, Jarinova O, Lau L, Lee W, Mackley MP, Marshall CR, Mendoza-Londono R, Morel CF, Richer J, Sawyer S, Stavropoulos DJ, Szuto A, Tarnopolsky M, Villani A, Zahavich L, Somerville MJ, Boycott KM, Ungar WJ, Hayeems RZ. Understanding the decision of parents to opt-out of medically actionable secondary findings offered through genome sequencing. J Genet Couns. 2026 Jun; 35(3):e70218.
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Meder B, Coats CJ, Leinwand LA, Pieroni M, Garcia-Pavia P, Desai MY, Sedaghat-Hamedani F. EJHF expert consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Eur J Heart Fail. 2026 May 11; 28(2):299-314.
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O'Connor TN, Schultz E, Horowitz M, Alexander MH, Fountzilas C, Cherkassky L, Onel K, Knudsen ES, Witkiewicz AK. Increasing Use of Germline Genetic Testing in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma and Relationship to Clinical Outcome: A Single-Institution Study. JCO Precis Oncol. 2026 Apr; 10(4):e2501088.
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Aquino YSJ, Scarfe J, Popic D, Carolan L, Degeling C, Prokopovich K, Otlowski MFA, Singh S, Fabrianesi B, Bhattacharya K, Jones K, Newson AJ, Shih P, Bennetts B, Frost E, Stark ZL, Nowak K, Healy L, Norris S, Carter SM. Genomic Newborn Screening: Verdict From an Australian Citizens' Jury. Med J Aust. 2026 04; 224(4):e70184.
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Assamad D, Hansen A, Fooks K, Luca S, Venkataramanan V, Hsue E, Shickh S, Yan J, Wu V, Badalato L, Balci TB, Beausejour Ladouceur V, Chad L, Chisholm C, Gillespie MK, Huang L, Jarinova O, Lau L, Lee W, Mackley MP, Marshall CR, Mendoza-Londono R, Morel CF, Richer J, Sawyer S, Stavropoulos DJ, Szuto A, Tarnopolsky M, Villani A, Zahavich L, Somerville MJ, Boycott KM, Ungar WJ, Hayeems RZ. Understanding the impact of genomic secondary findings on clinical care and patient experience: a protocol for a prospective observational study. BMJ Open. 2026 Mar 27; 16(3):e115821.
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Morel A, Delacroix E, Rice JD, Austin S, Koeppe E, Hanson EN, Griggs JJ, Stoffel EM, Resnicow K. Quantifying the role of communication in recruitment status outcomes for a clinical trial on genetic testing uptake. Contemp Clin Trials. 2026 Feb; 161:108218.
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Hunsicker JW, Ballard M, Khanwalkar A, Wine TM, Lovell MA, Suttman AG, Schneider KW, Chan KH. Otolaryngologic evaluation and management of nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2026 Jan; 200:112657.
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Hayeems RZ, Ungar WJ, Marshall CR, Gillespie MK, Szuto A, Huang L, Venkataramanan V, Xiao B, Chisholm C, Stavropoulos DJ, Bergeron MB, Lee W, Costain G, Jobling R, Sawyer S, Price EM, Lau L, Mendoza R, Somerville MJ, Boycott KM. Comparing the performance of exome and genome sequencing for rare disease diagnostics: A randomized implementation effectiveness trial. Genet Med. 2026 Jan; 28(1):101605.
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Sherman CA, Nataneli S, Claw KG, Mooney JA. Echoes of eugenics: confronting its effects in indigenous genomics. Genetics. 2025 Oct 08; 231(2).
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Carson RA, Maldonado Pacheco JE, Abath CB, El Achkar CM. Time to genetic testing in Dravet syndrome: Trends, barriers, and opportunities for improvement. Epilepsia. 2026 Jan; 67(1):291-298.
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