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Trial reportJournal of medical genetics2000

A model protocol evaluating the introduction of genetic assessment for women with a family history of breast cancer.

J Gray, K Brain, P Norman, C Anglim, L France, G Barton, L Branston, E Parsons, A Clarke, J Sampson and 6 more

Open access · bronzeAbstract readClinical TrialRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of medical genetics, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Reassurance through surveillance in the face of clinical uncertainty: the experience of women at risk of familial breast cancer.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2000
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

J GrayInstitute of Medical Genetics, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XN, UK.
K Brain
P Norman
C Anglim
L France
G Barton
L Branston
E Parsons
A Clarke
J Sampson
E Roberts
R Newcombe
D Cohen
C Rogers
R Mansel
P Harper
University of Wales · GBUniversity of Sheffield · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Randomised controlled trials allow comparisons to be made between different models of service delivery, but have not been used in the field of clinical genetics. With the advent of clinical governance, the evidence provided by such trials will be increasingly important in informing and shaping clinical genetics practice. The TRACE project (Trial of genetic assessment in breast cancer) is a randomised controlled trial of genetic assessment for women who are at increased risk of breast cancer because of their family history. The absence of cancer genetics service provision in Wales before this study gave a window of opportunity in which this important trial could be conducted. The present paper describes how TRACE will provide crucial evidence regarding the psychosocial as well as resource implications of adding individualised genetic assessment, genetic counselling, and (where appropriate) gene testing to typical advice and surveillance from a hospital breast clinic. In addition, it is anticipated that TRACE will represent a model for future trials of service delivery in the increasing number of complex genetic disorders where evidence on the economic implications of screening and management is currently limited.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic TestingAdultBRCA2 ProteinBreast NeoplasmsEvaluation Studies as TopicFemaleGenes, BRCA1Genetic CounselingHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm ProteinsRisk AssessmentTranscription FactorsBRCA2 ProteinNeoplasm ProteinsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID10699055
PMCPMC1734533
OpenAlexW2119669154

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