Statewide trends and factors associated with genetic testing for hereditary cancer risk in Arkansas 2013-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early identification of hereditary cancer risk would save lives, but genetic testing (GT) has been inadequate. We assessed i) trends for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC), Lynch syndrome, and other GT and ii) factors associated with receipt of GT.

Methods

We used data from the Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database from January 2013 through June 2018 (commercial, Medicaid), December 2017 (state employee), or December 2016 (Medicare) and identified enrollees with ≥1 month of enrollment. Using Current Procedural Terminology (CPT-4) codes, rates for GT were calculated per 100,000 person-quarters and time series regressions estimated. Second, GT and covariate information for enrollees with 24 months of continuous enrollment were used to estimate separate logisti

SUBMITTER: Acharya M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9128197 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature