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ArticleFamilial cancer2016

Migrant breast cancer patients and their participation in genetic counseling: results from a registry-based study.

J E Baars, A M van Dulmen, M E Velthuizen, E B M Theunissen, B C Vrouenraets, A N Kimmings, T van Dalen, B van Ooijen, A J Witkamp, M A van der Aa and 1 more

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Article in Familial cancer, 2016. 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.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

J E BaarsDivision of Biomedical Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85090, 3508 AB, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
A M van DulmenNIVEL (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research), Utrecht, The Netherlands.
M E VelthuizenDivision of Biomedical Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85090, 3508 AB, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
E B M TheunissenDivision of Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
B C VrouenraetsDivision of Surgery, St. Lucas Andreas Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
A N KimmingsDivision of Surgery, Slotervaart Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
T van DalenDivision of Surgery, Diakonessen Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
B van OoijenDivision of Surgery, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
A J WitkampDivision of Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
M A van der AaComprehensive Cancer Centre the Netherlands (IKNL), Utrecht, The Netherlands.
M G E M AusemsDivision of Biomedical Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85090, 3508 AB, Utrecht, The Netherlands. M.G.E.M.Ausems@umcutrecht.nl.
University Medical Center Utrecht · NLDiakonessenhuis hospital · NLMeander Medisch Centrum · NLNetherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation · NLRadboud University Medical Center · NLSint Lucas Andreas Hospital · NLSlotervaartziekenhuis · NLSt. Antonius Ziekenhuis · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Certain ethnic groups seem to have less access to cancer genetic counseling. Our study was to investigate the participation in cancer genetic counseling among migrant breast cancer patients of Turkish and Moroccan origin. Hospital medical records of Turkish and Moroccan and of a comparative group of non-Turkish/Moroccan newly diagnosed breast cancer patients were studied. All women were diagnosed between 2007 and 2012. Eligibility for genetic counseling was assessed with a checklist. A total of 156 Turkish/Moroccan patients were identified, and 321 patients were assigned to the comparative group. About one third (35%) of the Turkish/Moroccan patients fulfilled criteria for breast cancer genetic counseling, compared to 21% of the comparative group (P = 0.001); this was largely due to a relatively young age at diagnosis in the migrant group (26% <40 years vs 5% in the comparative group, P = 0.0001). Uptake of genetic counseling among eligible patients was 47% in the migrant group and 56% in the comparative group; differences in uptake were seen among the patients diagnosed before 40 years of age (48% in the migrant group vs 81% in the comparative group; P = 0.021). When adjusted for age at diagnosis, ethnicity was associated with discussing referral to genetic counseling and its actual uptake. The Turkish/Moroccan ethnicity appears to be associated with a lower uptake of genetic counseling, mainly caused by the lower uptake in the young age-group. The major barrier to participation in genetic counseling seems to lie within the referral process.

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AdultBreast NeoplasmsFemaleGenetic CounselingGenetic TestingHumansMiddle AgedNetherlandsReferral and ConsultationRegistriesSocioeconomic FactorsTransients and MigrantsBreastCancerGenetic testingMoroccanOncologyTurkish

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