Surgeon attitude impacts rate of genetic testing after a breast cancer diagnosis

Questions To Ask Your Health Care Provider

• Am I at increased risk for carrying an inherited mutation in a gene linked to breast cancer?
• Should I consult with a genetic counselor?
• If I have a mutation in a breast cancer gene, how might that alter my treatment or risk-reduction recommendations?

 

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.

 

The following clinical research studies focus on addressing health disparities in cancer. 

• NCT04854304: Abbreviate or FAST Breast MRI for Supplemental Breast Cancer Screening for Black Women at Average Risk and Dense Breasts. This study looks at how effectively a FAST breast MRI can successfully detect breast cancer in Black women with dense breasts.
• NCT03640208: Educate, Assess Risk and Overcoming Barriers to Colorectal Screening Among African Americans. This research studies a community-based intervention to educate and overcome barriers to screening among African Americans who are age 45 older with no personal or family history of colorectal cancer or inflammatory bowel disease.
• NCT04392050: A Community-Based Educational Intervention to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening. This study looks at what makes it easy or difficult for underserved populations to have colorectal cancer screening with a focus on African American, Latinx and Asian people.