Cancer Predisposition Cascade Screening for Hereditary Breast/Ovarian Cancer and Lynch Syndromes in Switzerland: Study Protocol

Maria C Katapodi ^{1, 2*}, Prof. Dr. PhD, RN, FAAN; Valeria Viassolo ^3*, Dr. med.; Maria Caiata-Zufferey ^4*, PhD; Christos Nikolaidis ^2*, PhD; Rosmarie Bührer-Landolt ⁵, MSN; Nicole Buerki ^6*, PD, Dr. med.; Rossella Graffeo ⁷, Dr. med.; Henrik Csaba Horváth ⁸, Dr. med., PhD; Christian Kurzeder ⁶, PD, Dr. med.; Manuela Rabaglio ⁵, Dr. med.; Michael Scharfe ⁹, PhD; Corinne Urech ⁶, Dr. phil.; Tobias E Erlanger ⁹, PhD; Nicole Probst-Hensch ¹⁰, MPH, Prof. Dr. PhD; Karl Heinimann ^11*, Prof. Dr. MD, PhD; Viola Heinzelmann-Schwarz ^6*, Prof. Dr. med.; Olivia Pagani ^7*, Prof. Dr.ssa med.; Pierre O. Chappuis ^{3, 12*}, Prof. Dr. med

¹ University of Michigan School of Nursing , Ann Arbor, MI, US

² Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Basel , CH

³ Unit of Oncogenetics and Cancer Prevention, Division of Oncology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva , CH

⁴ University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland , Manno , CH

⁵ University Clinic for Medical Oncology , Inselspital Bern, Bern , CH

⁶ Women’s Clinic and Gynecological Oncology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel , CH

⁷ Institute of Oncology (IOSI) and Breast Unit (CSSI) of Southern Switzerland , Bellinzona , CH

⁸ University Clinic for Visceral Surgery and Medicine , Inselspital Bern, Bern , CH

⁹ Clinical Trials Unit, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel , CH

¹⁰ Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute , University of Basel, Basel , CH

¹¹ Medical Genetics, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel , CH

¹² Division of Genetic Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Geneva , CH

*these authors contributed equally

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