Category: Genetic Counseling

    • Clinical implementation of an oncology-specific family health history risk assessment tool.
    • Fung SM, Wu RR, Myers RA, Goh J, Ginsburg GS, Matchar D, Orlando LA, Ngeow J.
    • Hered Cancer Clin Pract. 2021 Mar 20;19:20. doi: 10.1186/s13053-021-00177-y.

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    • Variations in breast cancer surgical treatment and timing: determinants and disparities.
    • Dankwa-Mullan I, George J, Roebuck MC, Tkacz J, Willis VC, Reyes F, Arriaga YE.
    • Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2021 Mar 10. doi: 10.1007/s10549-021-06155-1. Epub ahead of print.

    • Knowledge and psychosocial impact of genetic counseling and multigene panel testing among individuals with ovarian cancer.
    • Pozzar RA, Hong F, Xiong N, Stopfer JE, Nayak MM, Underhill-Blazey M.
    • Fam Cancer. 2021 Mar 10. doi: 10.1007/s10689-021-00240-6. Epub ahead of print.

    • Foundation Medicine, InformedDNA Partner to Expand Genetic Counseling for Cancer Patients.
    • [No author given]
    • GenomeWeb. Business & Policy. Business News. 2021 Mar 9.

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    • Germline FFPE inherited cancer panel testing in deceased family members: implications for clinical management of unaffected relatives.
    • Bennett S, Alexander E, Fraser H, Bowers N, Wallace A, Woodward ER, Lalloo F, Quinn AM, Huang S, Schlecht H, Evans DG.
    • Eur J Hum Genet. 2021 Mar 2. doi: 10.1038/s41431-021-00817-w. Epub ahead of print.

    • Communicating polygenic risk scores in the familial breast cancer clinic.
    • Guptaa KD, Gregory G, Meiser B, Kaur R, Scheepers-Joynt M, McInerny S, Taylor S, Barlow-Stewart K, Antill Y, Salmon L, Smyth C, McInerney-Leo A, Young MA, James PA, Yanes T.
    • Patient Educ Couns. 2020 Mar 1:S0738-3991(21)001683. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.02.046. Epub ahead of print.

    • Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology: Forged Genetic Test Report Leads to Incorrect Management.
    • Ray T.
    • Precision Oncology News. 2021 Mar 1.

    • Assessment of genetic referrals and outcomes for women with triple negative breast cancer in regional cancer centres in Australia.
    • Hallenstein LG, Sorensen C, Hodgson L, Wen S, Westhuyzen J, Hansen C, Last ATJ, Amalaseelan JV, Salindera S, Ross W, Spigelman AD, Shakespeare TP, Aherne NJ.
    • Hered Cancer Clin Pract. 2021 Feb 26;19(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s13053-021-00176-z.

    • Interventions Facilitating Family Communication of Genetic Testing Results and Cascade Screening in Hereditary Breast/Ovarian Cancer or Lynch Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
    • Baroutsou V, Underhill-Blazey ML, Appenzeller-Herzog C, Katapodi MC.
    • Cancers (Basel). 2021 Feb 23;13(4):E925. doi: 10.3390/cancers13040925.

    • The role of the genetic testing industry in patient education of hereditary cancer: An observational study assessing the quality of patient education videos.
    • Greenberg DC, Kamara D, Tatsugawa Z, Mendoza M, Pineda E, Holschneider CH, Zakhour M.
    • Gynecol Oncol. 2021 Feb 19:S0090-8258(21)00150-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2021.02.013. Epub ahead of print.

    • Implications of Multigene Panel Testing on Psychosocial Outcomes: A Comparison of Patients With Pancreatic and Breast or Ovarian Cancer.
    • Koptiuch C, Espinel WF, Kohlmann WK, Zhao J, Kaphingst KA.
    • JCO Precis Oncol. 2020;5:235-244. doi: 10.1200/PO.20.00199. Epub 2021 Jan 19.

    • Choose and stay on one out of two paths: distinction between clinical versus research genetic testing to identify cancer predisposition syndromes among patients with cancer.
    • Ripperger T, Evans D, Malkin D, Kratz CP.
    • Fam Cancer. 2021 Feb 12. doi: 10.1007/s10689-021-00228-2. Epub ahead of print.

    • Cancer SIGVAR: A semi-automated interpretation tool for germline variants of hereditary cancer-related genes.
    • Li H, Liu S, Wang S, Zeng Q, Chen Y, Fang T, Zhang Y, Zhou Y, Zhang Y, Wang K, Yan Z, Qiang C, Xu M, Chai X, Yuan Y, Huang M, Zhang H, Xiong Y.
    • Hum Mutat. 2021 Feb 10. doi: 10.1002/humu.24177. Epub ahead of print.