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Cancer Pretest Decisions & Counseling
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Cancer Pretest Decisions and Counseling (CNE)
Practice deciding when and if genetic testing is appropriate, given a patient's clinical and personal context.
Communicating with patients about benefits and limitations of genetic testing is an important part of informed decision-making. In this course, you will watch a short video of a patient and provider discussion about patient motivations for genetic testing. You will practice deciding when and if genetic testing is appropriate, given the clinical and personal context and be presented with tools to help make this task easy to implement in your practice.
To claim credit, follow the steps in the learning path.
CNE Information and Disclosures
Original Release: May 3, 2017
Expiration Date: June 13, 2025
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of practicing nurses and advanced practice nurses.
Learning Outcome
Identify and manage individuals at increased risk of cancer due to familial factors and hereditary cancer syndromes.
CNE Approval Statement
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Northeast Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Nurses are eligible for a maximum of .25 contact hours upon the completion of this activity.
Claiming Your Credit
In order to claim credit 1) answer the pre-assessment questions, 2) work through the module content in its entirety, 3) successfully complete the post-assessment answering 2 out of 4 questions correctly and 4) complete the evaluation.
Planners, Writers, and Reviewers
- Emily Edelman, MS, CGC – The Jackson Laboratory
- Therese Ingram, MA – The Jackson Laboratory
- Kalisi Logan, MS, CGC – The Jackson Laboratory
- Kate Reed, MPH, ScM, CGC – The Jackson Laboratory
- Linda Steinmark, MS, CGC – The Jackson Laboratory
- Hayley Dunnack Yackel, PhD, RN, CMSRN, OCN – Hartford Healthcare Cancer Institute
- Fatima Amir, MS, CGC - Genome Medical
Conflict of Interest Disclosure
This educational activity does not include any content that relates to the products and/or services of a commercial interest that would create a conflict of interest. Unless otherwise noted, the program planners and faculty do not have a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this course.
Actors are being used in this program and are presenting information that has been scripted for them. They were not involved with the educational content of this activity. The program does not discuss the off-labeled use of any product.
Commercial Support
An earlier version of this program was supported by educational grants from The Maine Cancer Foundation and The Jackson Laboratory Director's Innovation Fund. There is no commercial support being received for this activity.
References
Berliner JL, Cummings SA, Boldt Burnett B, Ricker CN. Risk assessment and genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndromes—Practice resource of the National Society of Genetic Counselors. J Genet Couns. 2021; 30(2):342-360.
Esteban I, Lopez-Fernandez A, Balmaña J. A Narrative Overview of the Patients’ Outcomes after Multigene Cancer Panel Testing, and a Thorough Evaluation of its Implications for Genetic Counselling. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 2019; 62(5):342-349.
Holter S, Hall MJ, Hampel H, et al. Risk assessment and genetic counseling for Lynch syndrome - Practice resource of the National Society of Genetic Counselors and the Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Gastrointestinal Cancer. J Genet Couns. 2022;31(3):568-583.
Lumish HS, Steinfeld H, Koval C, et al. Impact of Panel Gene Testing for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer on Patients. J Genet Counsel. 2017; 26(5):1116-1129.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). NCCN Guidelines for Detection, Prevention and Risk Reduction. (Requires free registration).
Owens DK, Davidson KW, Krist AH, et al. Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer. JAMA. 2019; 322(7):652-.
Price KS, Svenson A, King E, Ready K, Lazarin GA. Inherited Cancer in the Age of Next-Generation Sequencing. Biological Research For Nursing. 2018; 20(2):192-204.
Russo J, Giri VN. Germline testing and genetic counselling in prostate cancer. Nat Rev Urol. 2022;19(6):331-343.
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Should you have technical questions or questions regarding the content of the activity, please email Clinical Education at the Jackson Laboratory.
Disclaimer
All information in Cancer Genetic Clinical Education is provided for educational purposes only. This information is not a substitute for clinical guidance or the consultation of a medical professional. Always seek the advice of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in Cancer Genetic Clinical Education. Reliance on any information in Cancer Genetic Clinical Education is solely at your own risk. The Jackson Laboratory does not endorse or recommend any specific procedures, tests, products, services, health professionals or other information that may be found in Cancer Genetic Clinical Education.