Extended Family Outreach in Hereditary Cancer Using Web-Based Genealogy, Direct-to-Consumer Ancestry Genetics, and Social Media: Mixed Methods Process Evaluation of the ConnectMyVariant Intervention

BackgroundCascade screening, defined as helping at-risk relatives get targeted genetic testing of familial variants for dominant hereditary cancer syndromes, is a proven component of cancer prevention; however, its uptake is low. We developed and conducted a pilot study of th...

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Main Authors: Annie T Chen, Jennifer Huey, Sandra Coe, Jailanie Kaganovsky, Emily A Malouf, Heather D Evans, Jill Daker, Elizabeth Harper, Olivia Fordiani, Emma E Lowe, Caileigh McGraw Oldroyd, Ashlyn Price, Kristlynn Roth, Julie Stoddard, Jill N Crandell, Brian H Shirts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2023-04-01
Series:JMIR Cancer
Online Access:https://cancer.jmir.org/2023/1/e43126