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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: Genet Med. 2015 Jan 8;17(9):739–746. doi: 10.1038/gim.2014.185

Table 2.

Resources and sources currently used to counsel patient about VUS (N = 267).

Resource Never/Rarelya
n (%)b
Sometimes
n (%)a
Often/Always
n (%)a
Myriad supplemental reports 43 (16.1) 40 (15.0) 181 (67.8)
Contact Myriad Genetics 25 (9.3) 62 (23.2) 179 (67.1)
Contact researcher 163 (61) 59 (22.1) 44 (16.5)
Search scientific literature 60 (22.5) 58 (21.7) 147(55)
Search BIC website 145 (54.3) 41 (15.4) 78 (29.2)
Discuss with a colleague 29 (10.9) 51 (19.1) 181 (67.8)

Source
NSGCc 43(16.1) 62 (23.2) 157 (58.8)
NCCNd 20 (7.5) 23 (8.6) 219 (82.1)
IARCe 196 (73.4) 43 (16.1) 19 (7.1)
a

Response options were based on a 5-point Likert-type scale from never to always

b

Percentages may not sum 100 due to missing data.

c

National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) www.nsgc.org

d

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) www.nccn.org

e

International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) www.iarc.fr