Assessing and evaluating a client’s clinical history and physical conditions are important for selecting relevant and suitable diagnostic testing, which helps lead to a timely and accurate diagnosis and is also more cost-effective.
As there are so many genes, it may not be practical to screen all of them. Doctors will look at a patient’s family and health history, and then decide the genes to be screened. The gene test report will give doctors an idea of which diseases a patient has a high chance to acquire and precautions can be done to prevent the diseases.
