"Many Photos" - Doctors demand crackdown on DIY genetic tests after patients wrongly told they had high cancer risk

Doctors have called for a crackdown on do-it-yourself genetic tests after a string of patients were wrongly told they had a high risk of cancer.

Consumer genetics firms, which offer a limited analysis of cheek swabs and saliva sent in the post, have incorrectly told women that they have faulty BRCA genes, which indicate a high risk of breast and ovarian cancers. 

Doctors say the tests are placing considerable strain on the NHS, which deals with the fallout.

Consumer genetics firms, which offer a limited analysis of cheek swabs and saliva sent in the post, have incorrectly told women that they have faulty BRCA genes, which indicate a high risk of breast and ovarian cancers (stock)

Professor Anneke Lucassen (pictured), from the British Society for Genetic Medicine, told The Guardian she had heard of at least ten cases of flawed results

Professor Anneke Lucassen, from the British Society for Genetic Medicine, told The Guardian she had heard of at least ten cases of flawed results.

She said: 'I'm not saying ban these tests, but they need more regulating.' One of her patients even scheduled a breast removal surgery after a test suggested she had a mutation.

The surgery was cancelled at the last minute after the NHS found the result was a false positive.

Hundreds of thousands of Britons are thought to have completed these tests.

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