Assessment of barriers to pancreatic cancer surveillance in high-risk individuals.

ABSTRACT: Individuals with increased familial or genetic risk of pancreatic cancer (PC) may be recommended to undergo regular PC surveillance. Genetic counselors are often involved in discussions about PC surveillance for high-risk individuals (HRIs); however, barriers to HRIs' participation in PC surveillance are not well characterized. This study aimed to identify reasons that HRIs cease, defer, or do not commence recommended PC surveillance through telephone interviews. Participants either had prior annual PC surveillance with no surveillance completion in ≥2 years, had a ≥2-year period without surveillance completion, or had not completed an initial surveillance imaging study 3 months after it was ordered. Fifty telephone interviews were analyzed using directed content analysis. Twenty interview

SUBMITTER: Snyder GG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12511838 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature