This study will evaluate patients' experiences with having gynecologic or prostate medical oncologists and surgeons offer them genetic testing, and having genetic counselors return the test results to patients over the telephone. This is different from the usual approach to genetic testing, where gynecologic or prostate medical oncologists and surgeons refer their patients to a genetic counselor in order to have these tests done, and the genetic counselors return the test results to the patient in person or over the telephone. The investigators will only be evaluating this alternative way of providing genetic testing to ovarian or prostate cancer patients.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,047
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack
Commack, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester
Harrison, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Rockville Centre
Rockville Centre, New York, United States
baseline to post-results change in distress levels
Change in distress levels (HADS-Anxiety) from Baseline to Assessments #2 and #3, measured as an effect size among participants who receive a pathogenic variant(s), no pathogenic variant(s), and variant(s) of uncertain significance
Time frame: 2 years
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