在保险和就业中基于个性化风险分层进行乳腺癌查的基因歧视

Manuela Reveiz1, Sarah Bouhouita-Guermech1, Kristina M Blackmore2

  • 1Centre of Genomics and Policy (CGP), McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Frontiers in genetics
|March 20, 2025
PubMed
概括

加拿大法律对遗传歧视提供了一定程度的保护,但需要明确它们如何适用于乳腺癌风险预测模型. 许多人担心他们的风险水平可能会影响保险,强调需要更好的法律理解和公众意识.

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