More tests than before
In any case, it ultimately means that every woman who belongs to the high-risk cancer group can, after consulting the responsible gynecologist, contact the outpatient department as before.
She also tries to refute the criticism that the AKH does not carry out genetic tests on patients from the federal states. “There are also centers in Linz, Graz and Innsbruck where these genetic tests are carried out. But of course we also accept women from the federal states.”
In addition, not fewer, but even more tests were carried out: “We are now also testing women who are already sick because we want to offer them care with the possibilities of precision medicine,” says Kornek.
In Vienna, women with a potential genetic risk of breast cancer can continue to contact the gynecological clinic at the General Hospital, the Hanusch Hospital and the gynecology department at the Favoriten Clinic.
How it came to the misleading tape information that some callers heard over the phone, remains to be clarified, says Kornek. I regret the misunderstanding.
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