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    Mother and Daughter Perspectives on Genetic Counseling and Testing of Adolescents for Hereditary Breast Cancer Risk.

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    Podcast: GenePod—November: The potential impact of a PRS-based breast cancer risk assessment. (Genetics in Medicine)

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    Press: Ambiguous genetic test results can be unsettling. Worse, they can lead to needless surgeries. (Washington Post)

    Press: My Gene Counsel Quoted in Washington Post and Kaiser Health News. (My Gene Counsel)

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    • Q&A: ACMG Work Group Hoping to Spark Discussion on Reporting Germline Findings From Tumor Testing.
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    • News

    Guidelines:

    Points to consider for reporting of germline variation in patients undergoing tumor testing: a statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG).

    • Women's responses and understanding of polygenic breast cancer risk information.
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    News, Interview: Q&A: ACMG Work Group Hoping to Spark Discussion on Reporting Germline Findings From Tumor Testing. (Precision Oncology News)

    • Longitudinal outcomes with cancer multigene panel testing in previously tested BRCA1/2 negative patients.
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    Guidelines:

    Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

    • Population-based genetic testing for Women's cancer prevention.
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    Guidelines:

    Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

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    Evidence report, Review:

    Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force.

    Guidelines [Internet]:

    Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA1/2-Related Cancer in Women: A Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force [Internet].

    Editorial:

    Broadening Criteria for BRCA1/2 Evaluation: Placing the USPSTF Recommendation in Context.

    Editorial:

    USPSTF Recommendations for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Testing in the Context of a Transformative National Cancer Control Plan.

    Editorial:

    Hereditary Cancer Evaluation in 2019-a Rapidly Evolving Landscape.

    Editorial:

    US Preventive Services Task Force Breast Cancer Recommendation Statement on Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer.

    News:

    USPSTF Calls for More BRCA Screening.

    Patient Page:

    Should I Be Tested for BRCA Mutations?

    Audio Interview, CME Activity: USPSTF Recommendation: Assessment, Counseling, and Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer. (JAMA)

    Press: USPSTF Recommendations on BRCA Mutation Testing. (Medscape Oncology)

    • Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force.
    • Nelson HD, Pappas M, Cantor A, Haney E, Holmes R.
    • JAMA. 2019 Aug 20;322(7):666-685. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.8430.

    Guidelines:

    Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

    Guidelines:

    Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA1/2-Related Cancer in Women: A Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force [Internet].

    • Should I Be Tested for BRCA Mutations?
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    Guidelines:

    Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

    • USPSTF Recommendation: Assessment, Counseling, and Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer.
    • Mangione CM.
    • JAMA. 2019 Aug 20.

    Guidelines:

    Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

    • Effect of interventions including provision of personalised cancer risk information on accuracy of risk perception and psychological responses: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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    Guidelines:

    Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

    Guidelines:

    Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force.

    • MAGENTA (Making Genetic testing accessible): a prospective randomized controlled trial comparing online genetic education and telephone genetic counseling for hereditary cancer genetic testing.
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    Original research:

    Modified panel-based genetic counseling for ovarian cancer susceptibility: A randomized non-inferiority study.

    • Genetic counseling of patients with ovarian carcinoma: acceptance, timing, and psychological wellbeing.
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    Letter:

    Deficit of Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomies in BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers After Telephone Genetic Counseling.

    Press: Telephone counseling can help make cancer genetic services more accessible to rural women (News Medical)

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    • Influence of Personal Exposure to the Cancer of a Loved One on the Breast Cancer Prevention Decisions of High Risk Women.
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    • Conference abstract
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    • Does rapid genetic counseling and testing in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients cause additional psychosocial distress? results from a randomized clinical trial.
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    Concerns about cancer risk and experiences with genetic testing in a diverse population of patients with breast cancer.

    Reply / Letter

    Reply to S.M. Sorscher and A.B. Hafeez Bhatti.

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    • Review
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    • Pilot Testing of a Psycho-educational Telephone Intervention for Women Receiving Uninformative BRCA1/2 Genetic Test Results.
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    • Prevalence and correlates of receiving and sharing high-penetrance cancer genetic test results: findings from the Health Information National Trends Survey.
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    Press: Current way of detecting gene mutations misses people at high risk of cancer. (Medical Xpress)

    Press: 'Screen more' for cancer risk genes. (BBC Health)

    Press: Population Genetic Testing Favored for BRCA1/BRCA2 Mutations in Ashkenazi-Jewish Women. (Medscape / Reuters Health)

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    • Active approach for breast cancer genetic counseling during radiotherapy: long-term psychosocial and medical impact.
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    • More breast cancer patients prefer BRCA-mutation testing without prior face-to-face genetic counseling.
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    • Fam Cancer. 2014 Jun;13(2):143-51. doi: 10.1007/s10689-013-9686-z.
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    • Which factors predict proposal and uptake of psychological counselling after BRCA1/2 test result disclosure?
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    • Psychooncology. 2014 Apr;23(4):420-7. doi: 10.1002/pon.3435. Epub 2013 Oct 11.
    • Experiences of predictive testing in young people at risk of Huntington's disease, familial cardiomyopathy or hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
    • Macleod R, Beach A, Henriques S, Knopp J, Nelson K, Kerzin-Storrar L.
    • Eur J Hum Genet. 2014 Mar;22(3):396-401. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.143. Epub 2013 Jul 17.
    • Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women: A Systematic Review to Update the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation.
    • Nelson HD, Pappas M, Zakher B, Mitchell JP, Okinaka-Hu L, Fu R.
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    • [No authors listed]
    • Ann Intern Med. 2014 Feb 18;160(4). doi: 10.7326/P14-9008.

    Systematic Review:

    Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women: A Systematic Review to Update the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation.

    • Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.
    • Moyer VA; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
    • Ann Intern Med. 2014 Feb 18;160(4):271-81.

    Patient Education Handout:

    Summaries for patients. Assessing the genetic risk for BRCA-related breast or ovarian cancer in women: recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

    • Summaries for patients. Assessing the genetic risk for BRCA-related breast or ovarian cancer in women: recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
    • [No authors listed]
    • Ann Intern Med. 2014 Feb 18;160(4):I-16.

    Practice Guideline:

    Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

    • Genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer among Puerto Rican women living in the United States.
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    • Implementation and outcomes of telephone disclosure of clinical BRCA1/2 test results.
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    • Variants of unknown significance in BRCA testing: impact on risk perception, worry, prevention and counseling.
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    • Variants of uncertain significance in BRCA testing: evaluation of surgical decisions, risk perception, and cancer distress.
    • Culver J, Brinkerhoff C, Clague J, Yang K, Singh K, Sand S, Weitzel J.
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    • Nonverbal communication and conversational contribution in breast cancer genetic counseling: Are counselors' nonverbal communication and conversational contribution associated with counselees' satisfaction, needs fulfillment and state anxiety in breast cancer genetic counseling?
    • Dijkstra H, Albada A, Klöckner Cronauer C, Ausems MG, van Dulmen S.
    • Patient Educ Couns. 2013 Nov;93(2):216-23. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.05.014. Epub 2013 Jun 18.
    • The influence of dispositional optimism on post-visit anxiety and risk perception accuracy among breast cancer genetic counselees.
    • Wiering BM, Albada A, Bensing JM, Ausems MG, van Dulmen AM.
    • Psychooncology. 2013 Nov;22(11):2419-27. doi: 10.1002/pon.3292. Epub 2013 Apr 29.
    • Breast cancer in women at high risk: the role of rapid genetic testing for BRCA1 and -2 mutations and the consequences for treatment strategies.
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    • Breast. 2013 Oct;22(5):561-8. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2013.07.045. Epub 2013 Aug 21.
    • Review
    • Genetic counseling does not fulfill the counselees' need for certainty in hereditary breast/ovarian cancer families: an explorative assessment.
    • Vos J, Menko FH, Oosterwijk JC, van Asperen CJ, Stiggelbout AM, Tibben A.
    • Psychooncology. 2013 May;22(5):1167-76. doi: 10.1002/pon.3125. Epub 2012 Jul 9.
    • Theory Development From Studies With Young Women With Breast Cancer Who Are BRCA Mutation Negative.
    • Hamilton R, Kopin S.
    • ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2013 Apr-Jun;36(2):E41-53. doi: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e3182901ff1.
    • The counselees' self-reported request for psychological help in genetic counseling for hereditary breast/ovarian cancer: not only psychopathology matters.
    • Vos J, van Asperen CJ, Oosterwijk JC, Menko FH, Collee MJ, Garcia EG, Tibben A.
    • Psychooncology. 2013 Apr;22(4):902-10. doi: 10.1002/pon.3081. Epub 2012 Jun 27.
    • Short-term psychological impact of the BRCA1/2 test result in women with breast cancer according to their perceived probability of genetic predisposition to cancer.
    • Brédart A, Kop JL, Depauw A, Caron O, Sultan S, Leblond D, Fajac A, Buecher B, Gauthier-Villars M, Noguès C, Flahault C, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Dolbeault S.
    • Br J Cancer. 2013 Mar 19;108(5):1012-20. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2012.599. Epub 2013 Mar 5.
    • Dealing with the unexpected: consumer responses to direct-access BRCA mutation testing.
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    Comments on NSGC Discussion Forum

    Subject: Current thoughts on 23andme?

    Press: Consumers have few negative reactions to the results of genetic testing for cancer mutations. (EurekAlert!)

    Press: Get ready for the risks of genetic testing. (CNN)

    • A follow-up study on men tested for BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations: impacts and coping processes.
    • Shiloh S, Dagan E, Friedman I, Blank N, Friedman E.
    • Psychooncology. 2013 Feb;22(2):417-25. doi: 10.1002/pon.2106. Epub 2011 Dec 2.
    • Incorporating information regarding preimplantation genetic diagnosis into discussions concerning testing and risk management for BRCA1/2 mutations: A qualitative study of patient preferences.
    • Hurley K, Rubin LR, Werner-Lin A, Sagi M, Kemel Y, Stern R, Phillips A, Cholst I, Kauff N, Offit K.
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    • Cognitive and Psychological Impact of BRCA Genetic Counseling in Before and After Definitive Surgery Breast Cancer Patients.
    • Christie J, Quinn GP, Malo T, Lee JH, Zhao X, McIntyre J, Brzosowicz J, Jacobsen PB, Vadaparampil ST.
    • Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 Dec;19(13):4003-11. doi: 10.1245/s10434-012-2460-x. Epub 2012 Jul 6.

    News:

    Pretest genetic counseling informs patients with BRCA mutation.

    Press Release: Pre-Test Genetic Counseling Increases Cancer Knowledge for BRCA Patients (Moffitt Cancer Center)

    • What factors may influence psychological well being at three months and one year post BRCA genetic result disclosure?
    • Bosch N, Junyent N, Gadea N, Brunet J, Ramon Y Cajal T, Torres A, Graña B, Velasco A, Darder E, Mensa I, Balmaña J.
    • Breast. 2012 Dec;21(6):755-60. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2012.02.004. Epub 2012 Feb 28.
    • Moderators of cancer-related distress and worry after a pancreatic cancer genetic counseling and screening intervention.
    • Hart SL, Torbit LA, Crangle CJ, Esplen MJ, Holter S, Semotiuk K, Borgida A, Ardiles P, Rothenmund H, Gallinger S.
    • Psychooncology. 2012 Dec;21(12):1324-30. doi: 10.1002/pon.2026. Epub 2011 Jul 20.
    • Breast cancer genetic counseling after diagnosis but before treatment: A pilot study on treatment consequences and psychological impact.
    • Wevers MR, Hahn DE, Verhoef S, Bolhaar MD, Ausems MG, Aaronson NK, Bleiker EM.
    • Patient Educ Couns. 2012 Oct;89(1):89-95. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.03.019. Epub 2012 Apr 28.

    Comments from NSGC Discussion Forum Cancer SIG

    Subject: Article requests

    • Long-term follow-up of Jewish women with a BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation who underwent population genetic screening.
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    • [Article in French]
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    • Case Report
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    • Long-term psychosocial outcomes of BRCA1/BRCA2 testing: differences across affected status and risk-reducing surgery choice.
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    • Patient outcomes associated with group and individual genetic counseling formats.
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    • Exploring the short-term impact of DNA-testing in breast cancer patients: the counselees' perception matters, but the actual BRCA1/2 result does not.
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    • Opening the psychological black box in genetic counseling. The psychological impact of DNA testing is predicted by the counselees' perception, the medical impact by the pathogenic or uninformative BRCA1/2-result.
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