Laura Forrest

Young people's experiences of a CDH1 pathogenic variant: Decision-making about gastric cancer risk management

Cass Hoskins, Erin Tutty, Rebecca Purvis, Mary Shanahan, Alex Boussioutas, Laura Forrest

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF GENETIC COUNSELING

The most effective option for gastric cancer risk management in individuals with a CDH1 germline pathogenic or likely pathogenic v..

Oncologists' perspectives of telephone genetic counseling to facilitate germline BRCA1/2 testing for their patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer

Pierre Hemming, Rajneesh Kaur, Bettina Meiser, Joanne McKinley, Mary-Anne Young, Paul A James, Laura E Forrest

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY GENETICS

Poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors offer a survival advantage to women with high-grade serous ovarian cancer who have a ..

Mainstreaming genomics: training experience of hospital medical officers at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

Aamira J Huq, Lachlan Healy, Alexandra Gorelik, Laura E Forrest, Ingrid M Winship

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL

The rapid evolution and wide applicability of genomic testing means that medical practitioners outside the field are not appropria..

The art and science of recruitment to a cancer rapid autopsy programme: A qualitative study exploring patient and clinician experiences

Erin Tutty, Philomena Horsley, Rowan Forbes Shepherd, Laura E Forrest

Journal article  |  2021  |  PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: CASCADE is a successful, Australia-first cancer rapid autopsy programme. Patients are recruited to the programme by th..

CYP3A7*1C allele: linking premenopausal oestrone and progesterone levels with risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancers

Nichola Johnson, Sarah Maguire, Anna Morra, Pooja Middha Kapoor, Katarzyna Tomczyk, Michael E Jones, Minouk J Schoemaker, Clare Gilham, Manjeet K Bolla, Qin Wang, Joe Dennis, Thomas U Ahearn, Irene L Andrulis, Hoda Anton-Culver, Natalia N Antonenkova, Volker Arndt, Kristan J Aronson, Annelie Augustinsson, Caroline Baynes, Laura E Beane Freeman, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER

BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies provide strong evidence for a role of endogenous sex hormones in the aetiology of breast cance..

Negotiating autonomy and interdependence with family: how young people and health professionals navigate genetic testing for Li-Fraumeni syndrome

R Forbes Shepherd, LA Keogh, AV Werner-Lin, MB Delatycki, LE Forrest

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Score and Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk

Iris Kramer, Maartje J Hooning, Nasim Mavaddat, Michael Hauptmann, Renske Keeman, Ewout W Steyerberg, Daniele Giardiello, Antonis C Antoniou, Paul DP Pharoah, Sander Canisius, Zumuruda Abu-Ful, Irene L Andrulis, Hoda Anton-Culver, Kristan J Aronson, Annelie Augustinsson, Heiko Becher, Matthias W Beckmann, Sabine Behrens, Javier Benitez, Marina Bermisheva, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Previous research has shown that polygenic risk scores (PRSs) can be used to stratify women according to their risk of developing ..

Finding the five-year window: A qualitative study examining young women's decision-making and experience of using tamoxifen to reduceBRCA1/2breast cancer risk

Laura E Forrest, Rowan Forbes Shepherd, Mary-Anne Young, Louise A Keogh, Paul A James

Journal article  |  2020  |  PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY

OBJECTIVE: Tamoxifen has been demonstrated to reduce breast cancer risk in high-risk, premenopausal women. Yet, very few young wom..

Social media usage in family communication about genetic information: 'I no longer speak with my sister but she needed to know'

Sarah Leighton, Laura E Forrest, Mary-Anne Young, Martin B Delatycki, Elly Lynch

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF GENETIC COUNSELING

The use of social media has become a ubiquitous form of communication. Little is known about whether social media is used in famil..

"I need to know if I'm going to die young": Adolescent and young adult experiences of genetic testing for Li-Fraumeni syndrome

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

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL ONCOLOGY

PURPOSE: This study explored the genetic testing experiences of adolescents and young adults (AYAs; aged 15-39 years) with, or at ..