%0 Journal Article
%T Asesor¨ªa gen¨¦tica sobre c¨¢ncer en el Per¨² Genetic counseling about cancer in Peru
%A Javier E. Manrique
%A Yasser Sullcahuam¨¢n-Allende
%A Abel Limache-Garc¨ªa
%J Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud P¨²blica
%D 2013
%I Instituto Nacional de Salud
%X El c¨¢ncer es una enfermedad gen¨¦tica producto de alteraciones en la secuencia o expresi¨®n del ADN. Estas alteraciones, seg¨²n su origen, nos permiten clasificar el c¨¢ncer como espor¨¢dico y hereditario o familiar. En base a los registros de c¨¢ncer, en el Per¨² se espera que del 5 al 30% de todos los pacientes con c¨¢ncer, que equivale aproximadamente entre 2000 a 12 000 personas, presentar¨ªan c¨¢ncer del tipo familiar o hereditario, lo que representar¨ªa un similar n¨²mero de familias con un riesgo mayor de desarrollar c¨¢ncer que el de la poblaci¨®n en general. El prop¨®sito de la asesor¨ªa gen¨¦tica es identificar c¨¢nceres hereditarios en una familia con el fin de prevenir la enfermedad y la muerte por este mal. Es una estrategia que nos puede permitir detectar y diagnosticar con antelaci¨®n estos c¨¢nceres. Es por este motivo que en el Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neopl¨¢sicas del Per¨² se realizan consultas de diagn¨®stico y asesor¨ªa gen¨¦tica desde hace cinco a os, constituy¨¦ndose en un elemento importante para la lucha contra el c¨¢ncer, sin embargo, para lograr un mayor impacto en la salud requiere ampliar y fortalecer el proceso de capacitaci¨®n en gen¨¦tica y asesor¨ªa gen¨¦tica a profesionales de la salud, sobre todo a m¨¦dicos y enfermeras Cancer is a genetic disease caused by changes in the DNA sequence or expression. Based on the origin of these changes, cancer can be classified as sporadic, and hereditary or familial. Based on the cancer records in Peru, it is expected that 5 to 30% of all patients with cancer, i.e. about 2,000 to 12,000 people, have hereditary cancer, meaning that a similar number of families have a higher risk of developing cancer compared to the general population. Therefore, the purpose of genetic counseling is to identify hereditary cancers running in the family in order to prevent diseases and deaths caused by this condition. It is a strategy that allows us to detect and diagnose these types of cancer very early. For this reason, the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases of Peru has been providing genetic diagnosis and counseling services for five years, and represents an important element in the fight against cancer. However, in order to have a greater impact on health, it is necessary to expand and strengthen the training process in genetics and genetic counseling to health care professionals, particularly to physicians and nurses
%K Asesoramiento gen¨¦tico
%K Neoplasias
%K Prevenci¨®n
%K Detecci¨®n
%K Diagn¨®stico
%K Biolog¨ªa molecular
%K Genetic counseling
%K Neoplasms
%K Prevention
%K Detection
%K Diagnosis
%K Molecular biology
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