[Oncogenetics in the French overseas departments and regions: Situation in Reunion Island]

Abstract

In view of the use of oncogenetics as a lever for proposing new-targeted therapies whose indications are expanding, this article provides an overview of this discipline in the French overseas departments and regions (DROM). Contrary to the metropolitan departments, where the number of consultations exceeds 100 consultations per 100,000 inhabitants for most centres in 2019, the number of consultations in the DROMs remains insufficient to meet the national average of 117 per 100,000 inhabitants. The financial and structural support offered by the INCa and the DGOS since 2003 has contributed favourably to the deployment of this activity in metropolitan France. This activity, which seems to be suffering in the DROMs, probably requires particular attention in order to understand the difficulties encountered and thus to meet the INCa's objective as well as possible: to identify and support patients with mutations by providing them with appropriate care.

Keywords: Génétique en Outre-mer; Oncogenetics in France; Oncogenetics in Reunion Island; Oncogenetics overseas; Oncogénétique en France; Oncogénétique en Outre-mer Français; Oncogénétique à La Réunion; Overseas genetics.