Genetic Counselling for Cancer and Risk Perception

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 726-734

  Lidén, Annika ^a   Berglund, Gunilla ^a   Hansson, Mats G ^a   Rosenquist, Richard ^b   Sjoden P O ^a   Nordin, Karin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; ESTIMATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ONCOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

GENETIC COUNCELLING; PSYCHOLOGY;

TUMORS;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANXIETY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0345017798     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860310011023     Document Type: Article

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