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. 2021 Sep 20;26(11):e1982–e1991. doi: 10.1002/onco.13968

Table 2.

Comparison of UCSF Clinical Genetics engagement and germline testing for patients with PDAC before and after implementation of GTS

Clinical efficacy metric Before GTS After GTS p value a
Total patients with PDAC seen at UCSF n = 432 n = 223
Referred to Clinical Genetics/GTS 137/432 (32%) 147/223 (66%) <.001
Referral appointment attended 88/137 (64%) 143/147 (97%) <.001
Testing completed at UCSF 82/137 (60%) 135/147 (92%) <.001
Pathogenic variant detected 16/82 (20%) 44/135 (33%) .04
Overall germline testing confirmed 82/432 (19%) 158/223 (71%) <.001

Abbreviations: PDAC, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; GTS, genetic testing station; UCSF, University of California San Francisco.

a

Two‐tailed chi‐square.