Category: Provider Education

    • Pilot study of an online training program to increase genetic literacy and communication skills in oncology healthcare professionals discussing BRCA1/2 genetic testing with breast and ovarian cancer patients.
    • Meiser B, Woodward P, Gleeson M, Kentwell M, Fan HM, Antill Y, Butow PN, Boyle F, Best M, Taylor N, Bell K, Tucker K.
    • Fam Cancer. 2021 May 10. doi: 10.1007/s10689-021-00261-1. Epub ahead of print.

    • Oncologists’ perspectives of telephone genetic counseling to facilitate germline BRCA1/2 testing for their patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer.
    • Hemming P, Kaur R, Meiser B, McKinley J, Young MA, James PA, Forrest LE.
    • J Community Genet. 2021 May 6. doi: 10.1007/s12687-021-00530-7. Epub ahead of print.

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    • Germline Genetics of Prostate Cancer: Prevalence of Risk Variants and Clinical Implications for Disease Management.
    • Doan DK, Schmidt KT, Chau CH, Figg WD.
    • Cancers (Basel). 2021 Apr 29;13(9):2154. doi: 10.3390/cancers13092154.

    • Use of a Standardized Tool to Identify Women at Risk for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer.
    • Nurs Womens Health. 2021 Apr 29:S1751-4851(21)00080-5. doi: 10.1016/j.nwh.2021.03.008. Epub ahead of print.

    • Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology: BRCA1-Positive Patient Told Paternal Cancer Risk Unimportant.
    • Ray T.
    • Precision Oncology News. Biomarkers. BRCA. 2021 Apr 29.

    • Family planning in carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants.
    • Haddad JM, Robison K, Beffa L, Laprise J, ScaliaWilbur J, Raker CA, Clark MA, Hofstatter E, Dalela D, Brown A, Bradford L, Toland M, Stuckey A.
    • J Genet Couns. 2021 Apr 27. doi: 10.1002/jgc4.1423. Epub ahead of print.

    • Effect of a health literacy training program for surgical oncologists and specialized nurses on disparities in referral to breast cancer genetic testing.
    • van der Giessen JAM, van Dulmen S, Velthuizen ME, van den Muijsenbergh METC, van Engelen K, Collée M, van Dalen T, Aalfs CM, Hooning MJ, Spreeuwenberg PMM, Fransen MP, Ausems MGEM.
    • Breast. 2021 Apr 22:S0960-9776(21)00367-2. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2021.04.008. 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.

    • Health care professionals’ attitudes toward cancer gene panel testing.
    • Klugman S, Schnabel F, Alim I, Loke J, Arun B, Chun Kim J, Ostrer H.
    • Breast J. 2021 Mar 6. doi: 10.1111/tbj.14210. Online ahead of print.
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    • 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.

    • The Knowledge and Attitude of Patients Diagnosed with Epithelial Ovarian Cancer towards Genetic Testing.
    • Shin W, Jeong G, Son Y, Seo SS, Kang S, Park SY, Lim MC.
    • Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Feb 26;18(5):2312. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052312.