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Table 2 Number of patients that received genetic counseling and BRCA tests

From: Impact of lower co-payments on risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy and BRCA testing in Japan

 

Pre-coverage period

(6 years)

Post-coverage period

(1 year 9 months)

p*

Number of genetic counseling (mean)

226a (37/year)

161a (92/year)

 

Number of BRCA tests (mean)

106 (17/year)

127 (72/year)

 

Ratio of testing/counseling

46.9%

78.8%

<0.001

  1. *Fisher's exact test
  2. aTwenty-one breast cancer patients and one blood relative received multiple counseling