It is malpractice not to do genetic testing

Genetic Testing and Results in a Population-Based Cohort of Breast Cancer Patients and Ovarian Cancer Patients

https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.18.01854

The study included all women diagnosed with ovarian cancer (OC) in California and Georgia between 2013 and 2014.When tested for all genes associated with OC, 14.5% had mutations.

Only one third of those with OC had genetic test results. The incidence of testing was lower in blacks and uninsured patients.

Germline and somatic genetic testing in ovarian cancer patients

https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.15171

The inherited BRCA mutation rate in patients with advanced OC is 13%. BRCA mutation is not associated with low-grade OC. Spontaneous BRCA mutations occur in 7%. Knowledge of BRCA mutation will change therapy