Category: Psychosocial

• Further validation of the Perceptions of Uncertainties in Genome Sequencing (PUGS) scale among patients with cancer undergoing tumor sequencing.
• Umstead KL, Campbell R, Napier CE, Bartley N, Best MC, Butow PN, Biesecker BB.
• Clin Genet. 2022 May 26. doi: 10.1111/cge.14169. Epub ahead of print.

• PMID: 35615816
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• Cancer patients’ understandings of genetic variants of uncertain significance in clinical care.
• Amano Y, Raz A, Timmermans S, Shkedi-Rafid S.
• J Community Genet. 2022 May 26. doi: 10.1007/s12687-022-00594-z. Epub ahead of print.

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• Use of a chatbot to increase uptake of cascade genetic testing.
• Schmidlen T, Jones CL, Campbell-Salome G, McCormick CZ, Vanenkevort E, Sturm AC.
• J Genet Couns. 2022 May 26. doi: 10.1002/jgc4.1592. Epub ahead of print.

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• Perceived risk and risk reduction behaviours of female first-degree relatives of breast cancer patients attending care at Uganda cancer institute.
• Ainembabazi P, Abila DB, Manyangwa G, Anguzu G, Musaazi J, Mutyaba I, Osingada CP, Mwaka AD.
• Psychooncology. 2022 May 18. doi: 10.1002/pon.5963. Epub ahead of print.

• PMID: 35584282
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• Comparing the attitudes of physicians and non-physicians toward communicating a patient's BRCA1 mutation to a first-degree relative against a patient's wishes.
• Zebrack JE, Yang W, Milone M, Coppes MJ.
• J Community Genet. 2022 May 21. doi: 10.1007/s12687-022-00591-2. Epub ahead of print.

• PMID: 35596048
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• UC Davis Looks to Expand Genetic Breast Cancer Risk Education, Outreach for Hispanic Women.
• Kanski A.
• Precision Oncology News. Technology. 2022 May 19.

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• Differences in Willingness to Undergo BRCA1/2 Testing and Risk Reducing Surgery among the General Public, Cancer Patients, and Healthcare Professionals: A Large Population-Based Survey.
• Chang YJ, Cho S, Joo J, Ryu KH, Lee S, Cho J, Lim MC, Jung SY, Han JH, Lee ES, Kong SY.
• J Pers Med. 2022 May 18;12(5):818. doi: 10.3390/jpm12050818.

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• Previvorship Posting: Why Breast Cancer Previvors Share Their Stories on Social Media.
• Wellman ML, Holton AE, Kaphingst KA.
• Health Commun. 2022 May 17:1-9. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2022.2074780. Epub ahead of print.

• PMID: 35582752
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• A new tool is helping families conduct life-saving conversations about hereditary cancer.
• Karavanov A.
• FORCE. Blog. 2022 May 17.

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• Incomplete Penetrance of Population-Based Genetic Screening Results in Electronic Health Record.
• Elhanan G, Kiser D, Neveux I, Dabe S, Bolze A, Metcalf WJ, Lu JT, Grzymski JJ.
• Front Genet. 2022 Apr 27;13:866169. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.866169.

• PMID: 35571025
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• Patient Experience with a Gynecologic Oncology-Initiated Genetic Testing Model for Women with Tubo-Ovarian Cancer.
• Bercovitch Sadinsky M, Power J, Ambrosio E, Palma L, Zeng X, Foulkes WD, Weber E.
• Curr Oncol. 2022 May 15;29(5):3565-3575. doi: 10.3390/curroncol29050288.

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• Genetic testing is becoming more accessible — and it's raising difficult questions.
• Shapiro A, Mehta J, Brown A.
• NPR. 2022 May 10.

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News, Audio: How genetic testing led a food lover to live without a stomach. (NPR)

• Genetic clinicians' confidence in BOADICEA comprehensive breast cancer risk estimates and counselees' psychosocial outcomes: a prospective study.
• Brédart A, De Pauw A, Tüchler A, Lakeman IMM, Anota A, Rhiem K, Schmutzler R, van Asperen CJ, Devilee P, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Kop JL, Dolbeault S.
• Clin Genet. 2022 May 4. doi: 10.1111/cge.14147. Epub ahead of print.

• PMID: 35508697
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