Utilization of clinical genetic counseling among childhood and young adult cancer survivors in a registry trial. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We describe utilization of clinical genetic services among survivors of childhood and young adult cancer after participation in a genetic registry. Clinical genetic counselors flagged 162 out of 1069 pedigrees (15.2%) as suggestive of inheritable cancer susceptibility, resulting in 126 (11.8%) referral letters. Following delivery of the referral letters, 19 (15.1%) participants completed clinical genetic counseling, 16 (12.7%) received testing, and four (3.2%) were found to have actionable results. Our results suggest a discordance between reported willingness to undergo genetic counseling and real-world utilization.

publication date

  • July 16, 2020

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC7475134

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85049564914

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1200/JCO.2018.77.8589

PubMed ID

  • 32676930

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 11

issue

  • 4