Impact of barriers and motivators on intention and confidence to undergo hereditary cancer genetic testing.

ABSTRACT: Genetic testing for hereditary cancer syndromes can provide lifesaving information allowing for individualized cancer screening, prevention, and treatment. However, the determinants, both barriers and motivators, of genetic testing intention are not well described. A survey of barriers and motivators to genetic testing was emailed to adult patients eligible for genetic testing based on cancer diagnosis who previously have not had genetic testing (n = 201). Associations between barriers/motivators with testing intention and confidence were examined first by correlation followed by multivariable linear regression model holding constant potential covariates. Seven barrier items from two domains (logistics and genetic testing knowledge) were found to significantly negatively correlate with gen

SUBMITTER: Austin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11599461 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature