Familial context of genetic testing for cancer susceptibility: Moderating effect of siblings' test results on psychological distress one to two weeks after BRCA1 mutation testing

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 4 II, 1999, Pages 385-392

  Smith, Ken R ^a   West, Jennifer A ^b   Croyle, Robert T ^a,c   Botkin, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENES, BRCA1; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GUILT; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MUTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032954046     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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