{"id":144356,"date":"2025-05-30T14:47:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/144356\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T14:47:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:47:39","slug":"online-genetic-testing-platform-demonstrates-engagement-among-patients-with-young-onset-colorectal-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/144356\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Genetic Testing Platform Demonstrates Engagement Among Patients With Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Universal germline testing is essential for identifying hereditary cancer risk, especially for patients with <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdanderson.org\/patients-family\/diagnosis-treatment\/care-centers-clinics\/gastrointestinal-cancer-center\/young-onset-colorectal-cancer-program.html\" target=\"_blank\">young-onset colorectal cancer<\/a> who were diagnosed before the age of 50. However, the implementation of universal germline testing has been hampered by increasing demand and limited physician and genetic counselor resources.<\/p>\n<p>A new study being presented at the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting provides insights into how an online care delivery platform may help patients overcome those barriers (<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/meetings.asco.org\/abstracts-presentations\/243531?presentation=243531#243531\" target=\"_blank\" data-anchor=\"?presentation=243531#243531\">Abstract 11004<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Researchers led by <strong>Julie Moskowitz, MS<\/strong>, and <strong>Y. Nancy You, MD<\/strong>, developed a platform that enables patients independently to access education, provide informed consent, and initiate germline genetic testing without the need for upfront provider input \u00a0The pilot study protocol incorporated a 3-month phase to assess feasibility and refine procedures, followed by a 12-month main trial period.<\/p>\n<p>In a cohort of 160 patients with young-onset colorectal cancer, 100 (63%) actively engaged on the platform, 89 (89%) of whom completed universal germline testing. Of note, 79 of 82 patients (96%) self-navigated through the entire process without requiring involvement from genetic counselors, suggesting that online interactive platforms may make universal germline testing more accessible for patients with young-onset colorectal cancer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclosure:\u00a0<\/strong>For full disclosures of the study authors, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.asco.org\/abstracts-presentations\/243531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meetings.asco.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Universal germline testing is essential for identifying hereditary cancer risk, especially for patients with young-onset colorectal cancer who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3846],"tags":[267,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-144356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-genetics","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114597333816070805","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}