Effectiveness of interventions to identify and manage patients with familial cancer risk in primary care: a systematic review

Ing Lee, Siang; Patel, Mitesh; Dutton, Brittany; Weng, Stephen; Luveta, Jocelyn; Qureshi, Nadeem

doi:10.1007/s12687-019-00419-6

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Medical treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding in primary care: 10-year data from the ECLIPSE trial (2022)
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Background Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common problem that can significantly affect women's lives. There is a lack of evidence on long-term outcomes after seeking treatment. Aim To assess continuation rates of medical treatments and rates of... Read More about Medical treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding in primary care: 10-year data from the ECLIPSE trial.

Introducing genetic testing with case finding for familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care: qualitative study of patient and health professional experience (2022)
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Background: Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a common inherited condition causing elevated cholesterol, premature heart disease and early death. Although FH can be effectively treated, over 80% of people with FH remain undetected. Aim: To e... Read More about Introducing genetic testing with case finding for familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care: qualitative study of patient and health professional experience.

Comparing the performance of the novel FAMCAT algorithms and established case-finding criteria for familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care (2021)
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Objective Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a common inherited disorder causing premature coronary heart disease (CHD) and death. We have developed the novel Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Case Ascertainment Tool (FAMCAT 1) case-finding algorith... Read More about Comparing the performance of the novel FAMCAT algorithms and established case-finding criteria for familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care.

Case-finding and genetic testing for familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care (2021)
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Objective: Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a common inherited disorder causing premature heart disease and death. We have developed novel case-finding algorithms (FAMCAT version 1 & 2) for application in primary care, to improve detection of... Read More about Case-finding and genetic testing for familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care.

Specialist recommendation for chemoprevention medications in patients at familial risk of breast cancer: a cross-sectional survey in England (2020)
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In England, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideline for familial breast cancer recommends chemoprevention for women at high and moderate familial risk of breast cancer. However, prescribing of chemoprevention has not improved... Read More about Specialist recommendation for chemoprevention medications in patients at familial risk of breast cancer: a cross-sectional survey in England.

Characteristics predicting recommendation for familial breast cancer referral in a cohort of women from primary care (2020)
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© 2020, The Author(s). Family history of breast and related cancers can indicate increased breast cancer (BC) risk. In national familial breast cancer (FBC) guidelines, the risk is stratified to guide referral decisions. We aimed to identify characte... Read More about Characteristics predicting recommendation for familial breast cancer referral in a cohort of women from primary care.

Effectiveness of interventions to identify and manage patients with familial cancer risk in primary care: a systematic review (2019)
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This systematic review evaluated the effectiveness of strategies to identify and manage patients with familial risk of breast, ovarian, colorectal and prostate cancer in primary careto improve clinical outcomes. MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and Cochrane l... Read More about Effectiveness of interventions to identify and manage patients with familial cancer risk in primary care: a systematic review.