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ACOG Committee Opinion No. 409: Direct-to-consumer marketing of genetic testing.

Committee on Genetics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Committee on Ethics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

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Marketing of genetic testing, although similar to direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs, raises additional concerns and considerations. These include issues of limited knowledge among patients and health care providers of available genetic tests, difficulty in interpretation of genetic testing results, lack of federal oversight of companies offering genetic testing, and issues of privacy and confidentiality. Until all of these considerations are addressed, direct or home genetic testing should be discouraged because of the potential harm of a misinterpreted or inaccurate result.

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