{"id":1152,"date":"2020-09-08T10:40:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T10:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jahantest.ir\/gentic\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2020-09-08T10:41:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T10:41:17","slug":"can-i-have-a-genomic-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/genomicsmaster.com\/?p=1152","title":{"rendered":"Can I have a genomic test?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While some companies offer &#8216;direct-to-consumer&#8217; genetic tests, at present genomic tests are only offered through the health system and are not government-funded.<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne Genomics is working to make genomic testing a routine part of healthcare. The\u00a0 project is determining the benefits of genomic testing for diagnosis and treatment across a range of medical conditions, and is developing a pathway to provide genomic sequencing to patients within Victoria&#8217;s healthcare system.<\/p>\n<p><b>Current phase: 2016 to 2020<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Almost 4,000 patients with specific medical conditions have received genomic sequencing, in tandem with their usual care, since Melbourne Genomics commenced.<\/p>\n<p>In the current program (2016 to 2020), more than 3,500 patients received genomic testing, for one of 11 medical conditions; a further 315 patients were tested for one of five conditions\u00a0during the\u00a0Demonstration Project\u00a0(2014 to 2015).\u00a0Recruitment for all clinical projects is now complete and all patients have received their genomic results.<\/p>\n<p>Overall,\u00a019 times more patients received informative results through genomic sequencing, compared to\u00a0usual care for their condition. More than four in every 10 patients\u00a0tested for cancer or rare disease received informative results; more precise care was the outcome for half of those with informative results.<\/p>\n<p>Through 11 clinical projects in the current\u00a0program, Melbourne Genomics investigated whether genomic testing could\u00a0provide:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Quicker and more accurate diagnosis, leading to better care\u00a0for:<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Adults and children with\u00a0defects in their immune systems<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0genetic heart condition\u00a0that, if left untreated, can result in heart failure<\/li>\n<li>Infants and children who are unwell (some in intensive care) due to\u00a0a complex medical problem\u00a0likely to involve two or more body systems<\/li>\n<li>Adolescent and adult patients with\u00a0complex neurological and neurodegenerative disease<\/li>\n<li>The genetic causes in\u00a0infants diagnosed shortly after birth with severe deafness<\/li>\n<li>Adults and children with\u00a0genetic kidney disease<\/li>\n<li><b>More precise diagnosis and treatment\u00a0for:<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Patients with\u00a0advanced lymphoma<\/li>\n<li>Patients with\u00a0advanced solid cancers<\/li>\n<li>Improved understanding<\/li>\n<li>Better identification and\u00a0control of superbugs\u00a0among Victoria\u2019s most vulnerable patients<\/li>\n<li>Better understanding of the cause of a patient\u2019s\u00a0bone marrow failure, enabling more personalised medical care and improved identification of relatives at risk<\/li>\n<li>Better understanding of the cause of\u00a0multiple abnormalities in babies who die in utero or early in infancy<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Patients with particular conditions\u00a0were invited to participate through The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The Royal Children\u2019s Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Austin Health and Monash Health.<\/p>\n<p>Teams of doctors, genetic counsellors, health service researchers and scientists from across the Alliance are now evaluating patients&#8217; outcomes and experience to determine the impact genomics can have on medical care.<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne Genomics is providing\u00a0the results of this work\u00a0to the Victorian Government to inform healthcare planning and resourcing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While some companies offer &#8216;direct-to-consumer&#8217; genetic tests, at present genomic tests are only offered through the health system and are not government-funded. Melbourne Genomics is working to make genomic testing a routine part of healthcare. The\u00a0 project is determining the benefits of genomic testing for diagnosis and treatment across a range of medical conditions, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/genomicsmaster.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/genomicsmaster.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/genomicsmaster.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/genomicsmaster.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/genomicsmaster.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/genomicsmaster.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1154,"href":"http:\/\/genomicsmaster.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152\/revisions\/1154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/genomicsmaster.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/genomicsmaster.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/genomicsmaster.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/genomicsmaster.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}