NCCRT Blue Star Conversation- March 29, 2022

On March 29, 2022, the NCCRT’s Family History & Early-Age Onset CRC (EAOCRC) Strategic Priority Team hosted the NCCRT’s first Blue Star Conversation, a new interactive program for NCCRT members and CDC grantees. The inaugural conversation, What Proportion of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer is Potentially Preventable Based on Family History and Genetics?, featured Heather Hampel, MS, LGC, of City of Hope National Medical Center and co-chair of the Strategic Priority Team, who presented findings from the recent publication, A High Percentage of Early-age Onset Colorectal Cancer is Potentially Preventable, published in Gastroenterology. This recording features the expert speaker presentation portion of the program followed by a brief recap of the discussion section (the participant breakout discussions have been omitted).  

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Following are key takeaways from the presentation: 

• ACS guidelines could result in an earlier diagnosis for 41.3% of EAOCRC
• Surveillance guidelines for patients with a First-Degree Relative (FDR) with CRC are more effective without an age requirement
• Surveillance guidelines for hereditary CRC are more effective than those for FDR only
• 4% (117/713) of EAOCRC is potentially preventable
• 9-14% of EAOCRC patients have a FDR with CRC
• 16% of EAOCRC patients have a mutation in a cancer susceptibility gene

Key takeaways from the breakout room discussions:

• The importance of lead time messaging to target different age groups (20- 45 year old);
  • Social media strategies
  • Marketing tools
  • Educational materials
  • Sharing best practices
• The importance of insurance coverage for earlier screening for patients with a family history of CRC
• The possibility of family history of CRC becoming a reportable HEDIS measure
• The need to increase genetic testing within rural areas
• The development of blood-based testing as a screening mechanism for early-onset patients
• How TeleVideo has bridged the accessibility for cancer genetic counseling

RELEVANT LINKS:

Below are relevant links referenced in the March 29th webinar:

• Risk Assessment and Screening Toolkit : https://nccrt.org/risk-assessment-and-screening-toolkit/