Attitudes and knowledge of medical practitioners to hereditary cancer clinics and cancer genetic testing

Familial Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 311-324

  Teng, Ian ^a   Spigelman, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer genetics; Evaluation; Genetic testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER GENETIC TESTING; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITARY CANCER CLINIC; HUMAN; MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURNAROUND TIME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENETICS; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, HEREDITARY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENETIC TESTING; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, HEREDITARY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84903268437     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: 15737292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-013-9695-y     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Freedman AN, Wideroff L, Olson L, Davis W, Klabunde C, Srinath KP, Reeve BB, Croyle RT, Ballard-Barbash R (2003) US physicians' attitudes toward genetic testing for cancer susceptibility. Am J Med Genet A 120A(1):63-71 (Pubitemid 37063834)
2. Escher M, Sappino AP (2000) Primary care physicians' knowledge and attitudes towards genetic testing for breast-ovarian cancer predisposition. Ann Oncol 11(9):1131-1135
3. Pichert G, Dietrich D, Moosmann P, Zwahlen M, Stahel RA, Sappino AP (2003) Swiss primary care physicians' knowledge, attitudes and perception towards genetic testing for hereditary breast cancer. Fam Cancer 2(3-4):153-158 (Pubitemid 38017037)
4. Van Riel E, Warlam-Rodenhuis CC, Verhoef S, Rutgers EJ, Ausems MG (2010) BRCA testing of breast cancer patients: medical specialists' referral patterns, knowledge and attitudes to genetic testing. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 19 (3):369-376. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.01065.x
5. Carroll JC, Brown JB, Blaine S, Glendon G, Pugh P, Medved W (2003) Genetic susceptibility to cancer. Family physicians' experience. Can Fam Physician 49:45-52 (Pubitemid 36149891)
6. Lucassen AM, Houlston RS (2000) Clinical geneticists' attitudes and practice towards testing for breast cancer susceptibility genes. J Med Genet 37(2):157-160 (Pubitemid 30245907)
7. Trivers KF, Baldwin LM, Miller JW, Matthews B, Andrilla CH, Lishner DM, Goff BA (2011) Reported referral for genetic counseling or BRCA 1/2 testing among United States physicians: a vignette-based study. Cancer 117 (23):5334-5343. doi:10.1002/cncr.26166
8. McCarthy AM, Bristol M, Fredricks T, Wilkins L, Roelfsema I, Liao K, Shea JA, Groeneveld P, Domchek SM, Armstrong K (2013) Are physician recommendations for BRCA1/2 testing in patients with breast cancer appropriate? A population-based study. Cancer. doi:10.1002/cncr.28268
9. Cheah PY (2009) Recent advances in colorectal cancer genetics and diagnostics. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 69(1):45-55. doi:10.1016/j.critrevonc.2008. 08.001
10. National Cancer Institute (2009) BRCA1 and BRCA2: cancer risk and genetic testing. National Cancer Institute
11. Culver JO, Hull JL, Dunne DF, Burke W (2001) Oncologists' opinions on genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer. Genet Med 3(2):120-125
12. Acheson LS, Stange KC, Zyzanski S (2005) Clinical genetics issues encountered by family physicians. Genet Med 7(7):501-508 (Pubitemid 41447474)
13. Wideroff L, Freedman AN, Olson L, Klabunde CN, Davis W, Srinath KP, Croyle RT, Ballard-Barbash R (2003) Physician use of genetic testing for cancer susceptibility: results of a national survey. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12(4):295-303 (Pubitemid 36427989)
14. Wideroff L, Vadaparampil ST, Greene MH, Taplin S, Olson L, Freedman AN (2013) Hereditary breast/ovarian and colorectal cancer genetics knowledge in a national sample of US physicians. J Med Genet 42(10):749
15. Cremers R, van Asperen C, Kil P, Vasen H, Wiersma T, van Oort I, Kiemeney L (2012) Urologists' and GPs' knowledge of hereditary prostate cancer is suboptimal for prostate cancer counseling: a nation-wide survey in The Netherlands. Fam Cancer 11 (2):195-200. doi:10.1007/s10689-011-9500-8
16. Baars MJ, Henneman L, Ten Kate LP (2005) Deficiency of knowledge of genetics and genetic tests among general practitioners, gynecologists, and pediatricians: a global problem. Genet Med 7(9):605-610 (Pubitemid 41753011)
17. Doksum T, Bernhardt BA, Holtzman NA (2003) Does knowledge about the genetics of breast cancer differ between nongeneticist physicians who do or do not discuss or order BRCA testing? Genet Med 5(2):99-105 (Pubitemid 36992619)
18. Morgan S, McLeod D, Kidd A, Langford B (2004) Genetic testing in New Zealand: the role of the general practitioner. N Z Med J 117(1206):U1178
19. McCann S, MacAuley D, Barnett Y, Bunting B, Bradley A, Jeffers L, Morrison PJ (2007) Cancer genetics: consultants' perceptions of their roles, confidence and satisfaction with knowledge. J Eval Clin Pract 13(2):276-286 (Pubitemid 46449805)
20. Mehnert A, Bergelt C, Koch U (2003) Knowledge and attitudes of gynecologists regarding genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. Patient Educ Couns 49(2):183-188 (Pubitemid 36143946)