Why one woman passed on genetic testing

Questions To Ask Your Health Care Provider

• There is a history of breast cancer on my father’s side of my family, should I consider genetic testing?
• Should I get genetic testing?
• How can I tell if the cancer in my family might be hereditary?  
• Will insurance cover genetic counseling and testing if I am interested in pursuing it? 
• Can you refer me to a genetic counselor? 

Open Clinical Trials

The following clinical trials include genetic counseling and testing. 

• NCT02620852: WISDOM Study: Women Informed to Screen Depending on Measures of Risk offers women ages 40-74 the opportunity to undergo risk assessment and genetic testing in order to determine the best breast screening options based on their situation.  
• NCT05562778: Chatbot to maximize hereditary cancer genetic risk assessment. Researchers are testing whether a mobile health platform, known as a "chatbot" can improve rates of genetic testing among Medicaid patients with an elevated risk having an inherited mutation.
• NCT05427240: eHealth Delivery Alternative for Cancer Genetic Testing for Hereditary Cancer (eReach2). This study will look at the effectiveness of offering web-based options for pre/post-test genetic counseling to provide equal or improved timely uptake of genetic services and testing. 
• NCT05694559: Connecting Black Families in Houston, Texas to Hereditary Cancer Genetic Counseling, Genetic Testing, and Cascade Testing by Using a Simple Genetic Risk Screening Tool and Telegenetics. This study will provide genetic testing to 150 Black individuals and families and provide genetic counseling and risk reduction resources to individuals with a mutation linked to increased cancer risk.

Other genetic counseling or testing studies may be found here.