Sarki, M and Ming, C and Aissaoui, S and Burki, N and Caiata Zufferey, Maria and Erlanger, T and Monnerat, C and Graffeo-Galbiati, R and Heinimann, K and Heinzelmann-Schwarz, V and Koechlin, H and Probst-Hensch, N and Rabaglio, M and Zürrer, U and Chappuis, P and Katapodi, M (2022) Intention to inform relatives, rates of cascade testing, and preference for patient-mediated communication in families concerned with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and Lynch syndrome: The Swiss CASCADE cohort. Cancers, 14 (1636).
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This paper presents important information for the implementation of cascade screening programs for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) and Lynch syndrome (LS). The study examined theory-based predictors of index cases’ intention to invite relatives to a family- based cohort, rates of cascade testing among relatives, and preferences of those who carry a pathogenic variant for patient- or provider-mediated communication of testing results to untested relatives. While index cases are equally likely to invite relatives of both genders, males are more likely to not respond to the invitation, especially for HBOC. Findings have implications for tailoring cascade screening programs.
| Item Type: | Scientific journal article, Newspaper article or Magazine article |
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| Subjects: | Social studies |
| Department/unit: | Dipartimento economia aziendale, sanità e sociale > Centro competenze pratiche e politiche sanitarie |
| Depositing User: | Maria Caiata Zufferey |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2022 12:09 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Mar 2022 12:17 |
| URI: | http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/13281 |
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