基因检测结果呈阴性可能是"虚假的安慰"
<p><span word="Consumer">Consumer</span> <span word="genetic">genetic</span> <span word="tests">tests</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="giving">giving</span> <span word="false">false</span> <span word="reassurance">reassurance</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="heightened">heightened</span> <span word="risk">risk</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cancers">cancers</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="findings">findings</span> <span word="presented">presented</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="week">week</span>.</p><p>上周一次国际会议上公布的研究结果显示，消费者基因测试可能会给那些癌症风险更高的人带来虚假的安慰。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="study">study</span>, <span word="by">by</span> <span word="clinical">clinical</span> <span word="genetic">genetic</span> <span word="testing">testing</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="Invitae">Invitae</span>, <span word="revealed">revealed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="tests">tests</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="breast">breast</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bowel">bowel</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="risk">risk</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="direct">direct</span>-<span word="to">to</span>-<span word="consumer">consumer</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> 23<span word="andMe">andMe</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="negative">negative</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vast">vast</span> <span word="majority">majority</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="carrying">carrying</span> <span word="DNA">DNA</span> <span word="mutations">mutations</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="genes">genes</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span>.</p><p>这项由临床基因检测公司<span word="Invitae">Invitae</span>开展的研究显示，23<span word="andMe">andMe</span>等直接面向消费者的公司对乳腺癌和肠癌风险的检测显示，绝大多数携带受测基因<span word="DNA">DNA</span>突变的人检测结果都是阴性的。</p><p>"<span word="These">These</span> <span word="tests">tests</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="value">value</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="all">all</span>, <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="positive">positive</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="negative">negative</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Edward">Edward</span> <span word="Esplin">Esplin</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Invitae">Invitae</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="Society">Society</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Human">Human</span> <span word="Genetics">Genetics</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Houston">Houston</span>, <span word="Texas">Texas</span>.</p><p>在美国人类遗传学学会于德克萨斯州休斯顿召开年度会议之前，来自<span word="Invitae">Invitae</span>的爱德华·埃斯普林说：“这些检测不应该只看表面价值，无论检测结果是阳性还是阴性。”</p>
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