Effects of coping style and BRCA1 and BRCA2 test results on anxiety among women participating in genetic counseling and testing for breast and ovarian cancer risk

Health Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 217-222

  Tercyak, Kenneth P ^a   Lerman, Caryn ^a   Peshkin, Beth N ^a   Hughes, Chanita ^a   Main, David ^a   Isaacs, Claudine ^a   Schwartz, Marc D ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coping style; Genetic counseling; Genetic testing; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER;

EID: 0034985402     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.20.3.217     Document Type: Article

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