Interest and Utility of MC1R Testing for Melanoma Risk in Dermatology Patients with a History of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Table 3
Communication and information seeking outcomes at three months, by saliva sample return status.
Characteristic
All (n = 37)
Noncompleters (n = 17)
Completers (n = 20)
-value
Family Comm. cancer risk
Not at all
7 (19%)
5 (29%)
2 (10%)
0.64
A little
12 (32%)
4 (24%)
8 (40%)
Some
13 (35%)
5 (29%)
8 (40%)
A lot
5 (14%)
3 (18%)
2 (10%)
Family Comm. skin cancer risk
Not at all
3 (8%)
2 (12%)
1 (5%)
0.26
A little
16 (43%)
8 (47%)
8 (40%)
Some
14 (38%)
6 (35%)
8 (40%)
A lot
4 (11%)
1 (6%)
3 (15%)
Comm. with doctor
Not at all
7 (20%)
6 (40%)
1 (5%)
0.02
A little
8 (23%)
3 (20%)
5 (25%)
Some
14 (40%)
5 (33%)
9 (45%)
A lot
6 (17%)
1 (7%)
5 (25%)
Family Comm. genetic testing
No
28 (78%)
15 (94%)
13 (65%)
0.05
Yes
8 (22%)
1 (6%)
7 (35%)
Family Comm. (planned)—genetic testing
No
19 (70%)
11 (79%)
8 (62%)
0.42
Yes
8 (30%)
3 (21%)
5 (38%)
Information Seeking—skin cancer
No
18 (50%)
10 (63%)
8 (40%)
0.18
Yes
18 (50%)
6 (38%)
12 (60%)
Information Seeking—genetic testing
No
32 (89%)
15 (94%)
17 (85%)
0.41
Yes
4 (11%)
1 (6%)
3 (15%)
†Comm denotes communication. -values based on Mantel-Haenszel Chi-square tests for ordinal variables and exact Chi-square tests for dichotomous (yes/no) variables.
