Category: Psychosocial

• Reproductive issues in carriers of germline pathogenic variants in the BRCA1/2 genes: an expert meeting.
• Buonomo B, Massarotti C, Dellino M, Anserini P, Ferrari A, Campanella M, Magnotti M, De Stefano C, Peccatori FA, Lambertini M.
• BMC Med. 2021 Sep 10;19(1):205. doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-02081-7.

• PMID: 34503502
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• Conference report, Review
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• Association of Population Screening for Breast Cancer Risk With Use of Mammography Among Women in Medically Underserved Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups.
• Schwartz C, Chukwudozie IB, Tejeda S, Vijayasiri G, Abraham I, Remo M, Shah HA, Rojas M, Carillo A, Moreno L, Warnecke RP, Hoskins KF.
• JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Sep 10;4(9):e2123751. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.23751.

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Practice-Changing Opportunity to Reduce Disparities in Screening Mammography—Implementation of Risk Assessment in Primary Care.

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• After Three Cancer Diagnoses and a Positive BRCA Test, Endometrial Cancer.
• Walter P.
• FORCE. Blog. 2021 Sep 9.

• Blog post
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• Adherence to PARP inhibitor therapy among women with ovarian cancer.
• Moss HA, Chen L, Hershman DL, Davidson B, Wright JD.
• Gynecol Oncol. 2021 Sep 9:S0090-8258(21)01323-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2021.08.025. Epub ahead of print.

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• Pretest Genetic Education Video Versus Genetic Counseling for Men Considering Prostate Cancer Germline Testing: A Patient-Choice Study to Address Urgent Practice Needs.
• Russo J, McDougall C, Bowler N, Shimada A, Gross L, Hyatt C, Kelly WK, Calvaresi A, Handley NR, Hirsch IH, Izes JK, Lallas CD, Mann M, Mark JR, Mille PJ, Preate Jr D, Trabulsi EJ, Tsang M, Chandrasekar T, Weiner PR, Gomella LG, Giri VN.
• JCO Precis Oncol. 2021;5:1377. doi: 10.1200/PO.21.00238. Epub 2021 Sep 1.

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• A rare case of breast cancer in a transgender woman.
• Sieberg R, Soriano K, Zuurbier R.
• Radiol Case Rep. 2021 Aug 26;16(11):3285-3288. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.07.052.

• PMID: 34484532
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• Case report
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• A Different Kind of Trial: A Litigation Attorney's Take on Being in a National Institutes of Health Clinical Trial.
• Hertz B.
• FORCE. Blog. 2021 Sep 5.

• Blog post
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• Volunteer Spotlight – Faith Miller.
• Miller F.
• FORCE. Blog. 2021 Aug 30.

• Blog post
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• Information needs on breast cancer genetic and non-genetic risk factors in relatives of women with a BRCA1/2 or PALB2 pathogenic variant.
• Brédart A, De Pauw A, Anota A, Tüchler A, Dick J, Müller A, Kop JL, Rhiem K, Schmutzler R, Devilee P, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Dolbeault S.
• Breast. 2021 Aug 23:S0960-9776(21)00441-0. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2021.08.011. Epub ahead of print.

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• COVID-19 Experiences Predicting High Anxiety and Depression Among a Sample of BRCA1/BRCA2-positive Women in the US.
• Dibble KE, Connor AE.
• Res Sq [Preprint]. 2021 Aug 9:rs.3.rs-763516. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-763516/v1.

• PMID: 34401875
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• Preprint
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• The impact of risk reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy on sexual function in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers and women with Lynch syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
• Kershaw V, Hickey I, Wyld L, Jha S.
• Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2021 Aug 8;265:7-17. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.08.001. Epub ahead of print.

• PMID: 34416580
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• Update: Breast cancer disparities in Black Americans.
• [No author given]
• FORCE. XRAY. 2021 Aug 5.

• Review
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Progress Report: Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2020: Achieving the Bold Vision of Health Equity for Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Other Underserved Populations. (AACR, American Association for Cancer Research)

• Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology: Consumer Genomics Reveals More Than Fun Traits.
• Ray T.
• Precision Oncology News. Biomarkers. BRCA. 2021 Aug 3.

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• Breast cancer polygenic risk scores: a 12-month prospective study of patient reported outcomes and risk management behavior.
• Yanes T, Meiser B, Kaur R, Young MA, Mitchell PB, Scheepers-Joynt M, McInerny S, Taylor S, Barlow-Stewart K, Antill Y, Salmon L, Smyth C, Betz-Stablein B, James PA.
• Genet Med. 2021 Aug 2. doi: 10.1038/s41436-021-01288-6. Epub ahead of print.

• PMID: 34341522
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• Surgical management of BRCA pathogenic variant carriers with breast cancer: a recent literature review and current state of the art.
• Terribile DA, Mason EJ, Murando F, DI Leone A, Sanchez AM, Scardina L, Magno S, Franco A, D'Archi S, Natale M, Lucci Cordisco E, Masetti R, Franceschini G.
• Minerva Surg. 2021 Aug 2. doi: 10.23736/S2724-5691.21.09009-2. Epub ahead of print.

• PMID: 34338470
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• Risk-Stratified Approach to Breast Cancer Screening in Canada: Women’s Knowledge of the Legislative Context and Concerns about Discrimination from Genetic and Other Predictive Health Data.
• Alarie S, Hagan J, Dalpé G, Faraji S, Mbuya-Bienge C, Nabi H, Pashayan N, Brooks JD, Dorval M, Chiquette J, Eloy L, Turgeon A, Lambert-Côté L, Paquette JS, Walker MJ, Lapointe J, Granados Moreno P, Blackmore K, Wolfson M, Broeders M, The PERSPECTIVE I&I Study Group, Knoppers BM, Chiarelli AM, Simard J, Joly Y.
• J Pers Med. 2021 Jul 27;11(8):726. doi: 10.3390/jpm11080726.

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• Barriers to family history knowledge and family communication among LGBTQ+ individuals in the context of hereditary cancer risk assessment.
• Rolf BA, Schneider JL, Amendola LM, Davis JV, Mittendorf KF, Schmidt MA, Jarvik GP, Wilfond BS, Goddard KAB, Ezzell Hunter J.
• J Genet Couns. 2021 Jul 23. doi: 10.1002/jgc4.1476. Epub ahead of print.

• PMID: 34302314
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