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cin been rapid, revolutionary development of genomic tech- ever, despite 10 years of discussions there remains a lack Slade et al. Genome Medicine (2015) 7:18 DOI 10.1186/s13073-015-0128-4and cancer prevention in their relatives. This includes cancer risk estimation, gene testing, assistance with UK Full list of author information is available at the end of the articlenologies and extensive advances in knowledge of the impact of genomic variation on human disease. High-throughput DNA sequencing and analysis have been widely used in the research setting, but have not, thus of clear operational direction regarding the implementa-tion of increased gene testing within healthcare services. In the UK, specialist genetic services, including cancer genetics, are organised regionally and delivered by con-sultant clinical geneticists and genetic counsellors [5]. Cancer genetics offers services to individuals and fam-ilies with the goal of assisting treatment decisions in pa-tients with cancer and facilitating early cancer detectio