Genetic counselling and the intention to undergo prophylactic mastectomy: Effects of a breast cancer risk assessment

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1675-1681

  Van Dijk, S ^a   Otten, W ^a   Zoeteweij, M W ^a   Timmermans, D R M ^b   Van Asperen, C J ^a   Breuning, M H ^a   Tollenaar, R A E M ^a   Kievit, J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Genetic counselling; Prophylactic mastectomy; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037929423     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600988     Document Type: Article

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