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Extended Family Outreach in Hereditary Cancer Using Web-Based Genealogy, Direct-to-Consumer Ancestry Genetics, and Social Media: Mixed Methods Process Evaluation of the ConnectMyVariant Intervention

Extended Family Outreach in Hereditary Cancer Using Web-Based Genealogy, Direct-to-Consumer Ancestry Genetics, and Social Media: Mixed Methods Process Evaluation of the ConnectMyVariant Intervention

This strategy has been shown to be cost-effective for BRCA1, BRCA2, and Lynch syndrome genes and is endorsed by national and international organizations [5-8]. However, cascade screening uptake in the United States is low, with only 10% to 30% of first- and second-degree relatives receiving genetic testing after hearing about the genetic results of a proband—the initial person identified in a family [3,9,10].

Annie T Chen, Jennifer Huey, Sandra Coe, Jailanie Kaganovsky, Emily A Malouf, Heather D Evans, Jill Daker, Elizabeth Harper, Olivia Fordiani, Emma E Lowe, Caileigh McGraw Oldroyd, Ashlyn Price, Kristlynn Roth, Julie Stoddard, Jill N Crandell, Brian H Shirts

JMIR Cancer 2023;9:e43126