The ready availability of genetic testing has created a contradictory set of challenges.
On the one hand, there are data suggesting that some patients don’t modify their behavior even after genetic testing indicates they might be at increased risk for a condition, such as lung cancer or skin cancer, a risk that could be mitigated through deliberate behavior change. (I recommend this 2016 Atlantic piece on the subject, by law and policy professor Timothy Caulfield, for his wise emphasis on social context, though I’m less persuaded by the published meta-analysis that motivated the commentary.)
