BRCA cascade counselling and testing in Italy: current position and future directions
Psychological distress and genetic comprehension significantly influenced the communication. TGC enhances understanding more effectively than MCG, highlighting the need for tailored support for both carriers and healthcare professionals to improve cascade counseling and testing rates, and cancer prevention. As we look into the future, we need to critically approach MCG, and determine how to address carriers understanding and prevention needs and reincorporate a more comprehensive genetic risk assessment into the MCG model.
Authors
- Lea Godino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3763-9372)
- Giuseppe Deledda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3843-2955)
- Daniela Turchetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6792-3921)
- Giovanna Fantoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1920-587X)
- María Luisa Di Pietro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3893-8788)
- Maurizio Genuardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7410-8351)
- Raffaele De Luca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9337-0769)
- Emanuela Lucci‐Cordisco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6279-7604)
- Sara Miccoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8493-6230)
- Simona De Summa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9607-3754)
- Francesca Romito
- Margherita Patruno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8231-596X)
- Valeria Viassolo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8738-7492)
- Oronzo Brunetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7014-6828)
- Tommaso Maria Marvulli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9962-1955)
- Maria Digennaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7189-6893)
- Silvia Costanzo
- Maria Campanella
Institutions
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
- Italtel (Italy) (IT)
- Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic (IT)
- Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria (IT)
- Azienda USL di Bologna (IT)
- Istituto Tumori Bari (IT)
- Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Cancer
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-025-14419-y
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.82