In the context of advances in personalized medicine, genetic testing has become an essential tool for cancer diagnosis and treatment. However, its effectiveness largely depends on the clinical support and guidance the patient receives throughout the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
National and international studies have shown that misinterpretation of results can lead to anxiety, confusion, or inappropriate clinical decisions. In countries such as the United Kingdom and Canada, it is established that every genetic test must be accompanied by professional counseling as part of their genomic medicine strategy. In Chile, however, a gap still exists in this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Risks of lacking professional guidance:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Incorrect interpretation of genetic variants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Delayed initiation or unnecessary discontinuation of treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Loss of access to targeted therapies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Negative impact on the mental health of the patient and their environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Unnecessary expenses from tests performed without precise medical indication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gestalt Medical and the Nurse Navigator Model<\/strong> Gestalt Medical has implemented a clinical support system in Chile that includes personalized counseling, reimbursement assistance, coordination with laboratories, and longitudinal patient follow-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n References:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Bernhardt BA et al. (2021). American Journal of Human Genetics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Ministerio de Salud Chile \u2013 Gu\u00edas Cl\u00ednicas 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. NHS England (2022). “Genomics and Counselling Framework”<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Canadian College of Medical Geneticists (2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. WHO (2020). “Global Report on Genomic Medicine”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Genetic Testing in Oncology in Chile: Risks of Implementation Without Support.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gestaltsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gestaltsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gestaltsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gestaltsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gestaltsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gestaltsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gestaltsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gestaltsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gestaltsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gestaltsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/h5>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"