Genetic counseling and clinical cancer genetics services

Outcomes from intensive training in genetic cancer risk counseling for clinicians

“…20 -27 Genetic counselors have formal education in genetics and are trained to address the complex communications and counseling issues related to prenatal and pediatric genetics, but little or no training in oncology. 17 Formal education for genetics nurses has historically been focused on prenatal or pediatric genetics. 28 Conversely, advanced practice oncology nurse training is typically centered on the care and supportive management of individuals with active diagnoses of cancer, with little or no formal training in genetics or genetic counseling.…”

Communication and information-giving in high-risk breast cancer consultations: influence on patient outcomes

“…Perhaps both women and counsellors underestimate the impact of addressing these emotional concerns, possibly previously unacknowledged. Some authors suggest that women need to discuss their feelings of loss and anxiety about the future first, to enable them to focus on the genetic issues (Carter and Hailey, 1999;Stopfer, 2000). Therefore, we are not suggesting that the current finding be used as a rationale to reduce the counselling component of genetic counselling.…”

A pre-visit tailored website enhances counselees’ realistic expectations and knowledge and fulfils information needs for breast cancer genetic counselling

“…First, this was a mono-centre study. However, the UC condition consisting of a brief generic leaflet is comparable to the pre-visit information of other centres, as both nationally and internationally, centres do not seem to provide extended pre-visit information [4,7,11,52]. Second, the full intention-to-treat analysis with imputed predicted values might result in a more accurate estimation of the effect size [47].…”