Table 5.
Pre-symptomatic tests in first-degree relatives of germline BRCA1/2 pathogenic variant heterozygotes since November 2017 in the North West of England.
Index cases since November 2017 | No. of families | Predictive tests | Total unaffected FDR |
---|---|---|---|
Standard genetics referral | 39 | 44 | 93 (47.3) |
Mainstreaming | 39 | 31 | 98 (31.6) |
Data presented as number or number (percentage). There was a significantly higher uptake in those with standard genetics referral compared to those with a mainstreaming approach (P = 0.038).
FDR first-degree relative.