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Research project Identification of inherited patogenic variants in cancer-predisposing genes in a patient opens the opportunity of predictive testing to genetic relatives at risk. The randomized controlled DIRECT study compared two methods of information transfer and found no difference between them.
We found that offering healthcare-assisted disclosure did not increase the number of relatives seeking genetic counselling. Now the next phase of the DIRECT-study begins. Here we will further explore the long-term effects of a hereditary cancer risk on family communication and quality of life.
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The DIRECT study has been ethically approved and registered in clinical trial databases.
