Inadequate family history assessment by oncologists is an important physician barrier to referral for hereditary breast cancer evaluation

摘要

Sir-Enhanced surveillance and interventional measures have been shown to improve outcome in hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndrome (HBOC), but referral of high-risk patients for genetic counselling remains poor worldwide [1,2]. Apart from patient barriers such as cost, poor awareness and worry of potential repercussions, physician barriers play a contributory role [3-5].