Preferences for genetic testing for colorectal cancer within a population-based screening program: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT: This study explored individuals' preferences for genetic testing for colorectal cancer (CRC) in a screening situation and their willingness to participate in genetic testing for Lynch syndrome, familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), and familial colorectal cancer (FCC). For that purpose, 532 respondents aged 55-65 years completed a Discrete Choice Experiment. Using panel latent class models, the preferences for two screening situation characteristics (the probability of being genetically predisposed and the probability of developing CRC) and screening test characteristics (the frequency of preventive colonoscopies and CRC survival) were estimated. Based on these preferences, respondents' willingness to participate in the three screening initiatives was estimated. Lower-educated respondents

SUBMITTER: Veldwijk J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4755369 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature