NDLI: “Would you test your children without their consent?” and other sticky dilemmas in the field of cancer genetic testing

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Brierley, Karina L. Bonadies, Danielle C. Moyer, Anne Matloff, Ellen T.
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Cancer genetic testing is surrounded by myriad ethical, legal, and psychosocial implications which are being revisited as testing expands into an everyday practice and into more complicated areas like whole exome and direct-to-consumer testing. We chose to survey cancer genetic counselors and physicians from a wide range of non-genetics specialties to determine what they would do if faced with the complex decisions associated with cancer genetic testing, how their views compare, and how they align with current guidelines and data. Genetic counselors were significantly more likely than non-genetics physicians to bill their insurance for testing (94.9 vs. 86.8 %; p = 0.001) and purchase life insurance before testing (86.6 vs. 68.6 %; p = 0.000) and were less likely to use an alias (3.2 vs. 13.2 %; p = 0.000) or order testing on their own DNA (15.3 vs. 24.2 %; p = 0.004). They were also less likely to test their minor children (0.9 vs. 33.1 %; p = 0.000) or test their children without their knowledge and consent/assent (1.4 vs.11.5 %; p = 0.000). The results of our study indicate that there is wide variation regarding what clinicians predict they would do in the areas of ethical, legal and psychosocial issues in cancer genetic testing. Cancer genetic counselors’ choices are more aligned with professional guidelines, likely due to their experience in the field and awareness of current guidelines. These data are a starting point for a broader discussion of who should offer cancer genetic counseling and testing to patients, particularly as the complexity of the available testing options and associated issues increase with whole exome sequencing.
Starting Page	345
Ending Page	350
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13899600
Journal	Familial Cancer
Volume Number	13
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15737292
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2014-05-08
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Cancer genetics Genetic testing Genetic counseling Genetic testing children Preimplantation genetic diagnosis Genetic discrimination Cancer Research Human Genetics Epidemiology Biomedicine general
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Genetics Cancer Research Genetics (clinical) Oncology

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