The purpose of this study is to describe how women with BRCA1/2 mutations react to genetic risk modifier testing, and to examine how they make decisions about their healthcare.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
806
salvia sample
Participants will complete Assessment #1 questionnaires. Participants will be contacted 1 week later (+/- 1 week) to complete Assessment #2 questionnaires. Participants will be contacted 6 months (+/- 3 weeks) following the receipt of their genetic risk modifier results to complete Assessment #3 questionnaires. Participants will be encouraged to complete Assessments #2 and #3 via email using the secure, approved REDCap system
Buccal swab sample
Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Data Collection Only)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
RECRUITINGMemorial Sloan-Kettering at Basking Ridge
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
RECRUITINGMemorial Sloan Kettering Commack
Number of participants that opt for preventive mastectomy or to pursue surveillance
Hierarchical level modeling (HLM) will be implemented to assess the effect of genetic risk modifier testing on Decisional Conflict Scale score (DCS), allowing for baseline effects via a random intercept.
Time frame: 3 years
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Commack, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester
Harrison, New York, United States
RECRUITINGMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
RECRUITINGMemorial Sloan Kettering Nassau
Uniondale, New York, United States
RECRUITINGAbramson Cancer Center at University of Pennsylvania Medical Center (Data Collection Only)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
RECRUITING