Abstract:Cancer genomic research has became a hotspot at present, which has many ethical, legal and social issues. How to guarantee the informed consent right of the participants effectively is worthy of more attention. As the first element of informed consent, information disclosure has profound theoretical foundation in ethic. Compared with traditional medical research, cancer genomic research has special purposes and contents. As a result of that, many ethical issues those exist in the contents and standards of information disclosure deserve further discussion.