Strategies to Assess Risk for Hereditary Cancer in Primary Care Clinics: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Best practices for improving access to assessment of hereditary cancer risk in primary care are lacking.

Objective

To compare 2 population-based engagement strategies for identifying primary care patients with a family or personal history of cancer and offering eligible individuals genetic testing for cancer susceptibility.

Design, setting, and participants

The EDGE (Early Detection of Genetic Risk) clinical trial cluster-randomized 12 clinics from 2 health care systems in Montana, Wyoming, and Washington state to 1 of 2 engagement approaches for assessment of hereditary cancer risk in primary care. The study population included 95 623 English-speaking patients at least 25 years old with a primary care visit during the recruitment window between April 1, 20

SUBMITTER: Swisher EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11889468 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature