Psychological impact of genetic testing for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1902-1910

  Gritz, Ellen R ^a   Peterson, Susan K ^a   Vernon, Sally W ^a   Marani, Salma K ^a   Baile, Walter F ^a   Watts, Beatty G ^a   Amos, Christopher I ^a   Frazier, Marsha L ^a   Lynch, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; COLORECTAL TUMOR; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 15744405257     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.07.102     Document Type: Article

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