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@BOOK{Jungkunz:286228,
author = {M. Jungkunz$^*$ and K. Cornelius and C. Schickhardt$^*$ and
N. Dikow and E. Winkler and B. Brors$^*$ and S.
Fröhling$^*$ and K. Greulich-Bode$^*$ and I. Idler and P.
Lichter$^*$ and T. Milde$^*$ and S. Pfister$^*$ and C.
Schaaf and S. Wiemann$^*$},
title = {{P}osition paper on the return of additional genetic
findings in minors},
address = {Heidelberg, Deutschland},
publisher = {Forum Marsilius-Kolleg, NCT},
reportid = {DKFZ-2023-02726},
pages = {130 pages},
year = {2023},
note = {Forum Marsilius-Kolleg, Bd. 23 (2023): Stellungnahme zur
Rückmeldung genetischer Zusatzbefunde Minderjähriger
Heidelberg : Forum Marsilius-Kolleg Veröffentlicht
2023-10-30 / [10.11588/FMK.2023.23.100566]},
abstract = {In modern medicine, particularly in the fields of oncology
and rare diseases, genetic diagnostics has become
increasingly important in recent years. Steady progress in
sequencing technology and consequently decreasing costs now
allow exploratory testing using large gene panels and even
whole genome sequencing. These methods offer great potential
for more refined and faster diagnosis. At the same time,
however, the large amount of data generated increases the
likelihood that, in addition to the primary health-related
information sought (primary findings), other genetic changes
relevant to future health will be discovered (additional
findings). Dealing with additional genetic findings always
poses a challenge when carrying out the informed consent
process prior to genetic testing. This applies, in
particular, to additional genetic findings in minors, since
in this case the parents or other legal guardians make the
decision regarding the handling of additional genetic
findings on behalf of those minors. Such proxy decisions
pose a particular ethical challenge if the implications of
this decision become relevant only in the child's adulthood,
e.g., when a predisposition to a late-onset disease is
identified. Thus far, no general recommendations on
guidelines for an adequate informed consent process
regarding the return of additional genetic findings in
minors have been developed. With the present statement, the
Heidelberg Group EURAT aims to close this gap and provide
recommendations for the handling of additional genetic
findings in minors. These recommendations are based on
detailed legal and ethical analyses and explicitly address
establishing an adequate informed consent process that
attempts to minimize the likelihood of potential conflicts
when returning additional genetic findings in minors. In
addition to the recommendations, the EURAT Group provides an
information brochure, as well as text modules for the
informed consent process regarding the handling of
additional genetic findings in minors.},
organization = {Projektgruppe EURAT Ethische und
rechtliche Aspekte der Translationalen
Medizin,},
cin = {D120 / B330 / B340 / M100 / B060 / B310 / B062 / HD01 /
B050},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)D120-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)B330-20160331 /
I:(DE-He78)B340-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)M100-20160331 /
I:(DE-He78)B060-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)B310-20160331 /
I:(DE-He78)B062-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)HD01-20160331 /
I:(DE-He78)B050-20160331},
pnm = {314 - Immunologie und Krebs (POF4-314)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-314},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)3 / PUB:(DE-HGF)26},
doi = {10.11588/FMK.2023.23.100566},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/286228},
}