Predictive testing for BRCA 1/2: Attributes, risk perception and management in a multi-centre clinical cohort

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1209-1216

  Foster, C ^a   Evans, D G R ^b   Eeles, R ^a,c   Eccles, D ^d   Ashley, S ^c   Brooks, L ^b   Davidson, R ^e   Mackay, J ^f   Morrison, P J ^g   Watson, M ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Predictive genetic testing; Risk management; Worry

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF EXAMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANXIETY; BREAST TUMOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 18544376723     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600253     Document Type: Article

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