Laura Forrest

The impact of coding germline variants on contralateral breast cancer risk and survival.

Anna Morra, Nasim Mavaddat, Taru A Muranen, Thomas U Ahearn, Jamie Allen, Irene L Andrulis, Päivi Auvinen, Heiko Becher, Sabine Behrens, Carl Blomqvist, Stig E Bojesen, Manjeet K Bolla, Hiltrud Brauch, Nicola J Camp, Sara Carvalho, Jose E Castelao, Melissa H Cessna, Jenny Chang-Claude, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, undefined NBCS Collaborators, et al.

Journal article  |  2023  |  Am J Hum Genet

Evidence linking coding germline variants in breast cancer (BC)-susceptibility genes other than BRCA1, BRCA2, and CHEK2 with contr..

Psychiatric genetic counseling: A survey of Australian genetic counselors' practice and attitudes

Joanne Isbister, Adrienne Sexton, Laura E Forrest, Paul James, James Dowty, Jessica Taylor, Jehannine Austin, Ingrid Winship

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF GENETIC COUNSELING

Genetic counseling plays a critical role in supporting individuals and their families' adaption to psychiatric conditions, address..

Proband-mediated interventions to increase disclosure of genetic risk in families with a BRCA or Lynch syndrome condition: a systematic review

Alison Luk Young, Aalya Imran, Michael J Spoelma, Rachel Williams, Katherine M Tucker, Jane Halliday, Laura E Forrest, Claire E Wakefield, Phyllis N Butow

Journal article  |  2022  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Interventions to assist family communication about inherited cancer risk have the potential to improve family cancer outcomes. Thi..

Becoming and being a parent with an inherited predisposition to diffuse gastric cancer: A qualitative study of young adults with a CDH1 pathogenic variant

Erin Tutty, Rowan Forbes Shepherd, Cass Hoskins, Rebecca Purvis, Mary Shanahan, Alex Boussioutas, Laura E Forrest

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL ONCOLOGY

PURPOSE: This study explored the experiences of young people with hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC), an inherited cancer pr..

The Clinical and Psychosocial Outcomes for Women Who Received Unexpected Clinically Actionable Germline Information Identified through Research: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed-Methods Comparative Study

Laura E Forrest, Rowan Forbes Shepherd, Erin Tutty, Angela Pearce, Ian Campbell, Lisa Devereux, Alison H Trainer, Paul A James, Mary-Anne Young

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE

Background Research identifying and returning clinically actionable germline variants offer a new avenue of access to genetic info..

TRACEBACK: Testing of Historical Tubo-Ovarian Cancer Patients for Hereditary Risk Genes as a Cancer Prevention Strategy in Family Members

Rachel Delahunty, Linh Nguyen, Stuart Craig, Belinda Creighton, Dinuka Ariyaratne, Dale W Garsed, Elizabeth Christie, Sian Fereday, Lesley Andrews, Alexandra Lewis, Sharne Limb, Ahwan Pandey, Joy Hendley, Nadia Traficante, Natalia Carvajal, Amanda B Spurdle, Bryony Thompson, Michael T Parsons, Victoria Beshay, Mila Volcheck, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

PURPOSE: Tubo-ovarian cancer (TOC) is a sentinel cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants (PVs). Identification of a PV in t..

Development and pilot testing of an online decision aid for women considering risk-stratified breast screening

Jocelyn Lippey, Louise Keogh, Ian Campbell, Gregory Bruce Mann, Laura Forrest

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY GENETICS

Unselected Women's Experiences of Receiving Genetic Research Results for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: A Qualitative Study

Rowan Forbes Shepherd, Laura E Forrest, Erin Tutty, Angela Pearce, Lisa Devereux, Paul A James, Ian G Campbell, Alison Trainer, Mary-Anne Young

Journal article  |  2021  |  GENETIC TESTING AND MOLECULAR BIOMARKERS

Background: Although there is growing consensus that clinically actionable genetic research results should be returned to particip..

Assessing the acceptability, feasibility, and usefulness of a psychosocial screening tool to patients and clinicians in a clinical genetics service in Australia

Katrina Monohan, Rebecca Purvis, Adrienne Sexton, Maira Kentwell, Monica Thet, Lesley Stafford, Laura Forrest

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF GENETIC COUNSELING

Increasing demand for clinical genetic services may impact the resources and quality of genetic counseling, potentially impacting ..

Reproduction and Genetic Responsibility: An Interpretive Description of Reproductive Decision-Making for Young People With Li-Fraumeni Syndrome

Rowan Forbes Shepherd, Allison Werner-Lin, Louise A Keogh, Martin B Delatycki, Laura E Forrest

Journal article  |  2021  |  QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH

The reproductive decision-making of young people (aged 15-39 years) with Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS), an early onset inherited canc..