CanRisk in Secondary Care Breast Services
Research type
Research Study
Full title
CanRisk in Secondary Care Breast Services
IRAS ID
342211
Contact name
Stephanie Archer
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH)
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 4 months, 28 days
Research summary
The main aim of the CanRisk in secondary care breast services study is to develop a pathway that includes the assessment of future cancer risks. This would mean that women who attend secondary care breast services for assessment who do not have cancer would have their future risk of developing breast cancer assessed and be referred for additional care/services where appropriate (e.g. the breast screening service and/or clinical genetics team).
As multifactorial risk assessments are not currently routinely carried out within secondary care breast services, we want to explore the views of patients and staff on if and when healthcare professionals could calculate future risks of cancer, and how this information should be subsequently used. This information is important to understand how we can develop this pathway to make sure it is effective and works well for patients, staff and the health service.
This study aims to explore the views of a range of stakeholders (patients, clinical and non-clinical staff) on if/when healthcare professionals could calculate future risks of cancer within the secondary care breast cancer pathway, and how this information should subsequently be used. To do this, approximately 40 one-to-one semi-structured interviews will be conducted with key stakeholders, including patients, clinical staff (e.g., surgeons, breast specialist nurses, radiologists) and non-clinical staff (e.g., pathway coordinators, service managers) from two NHS hospitals (Addenbrooke's hospital and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust).
REC name
South Central - Oxford A Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/SC/0329
Date of REC Opinion
8 Oct 2024
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion