Too much, too soon? Patients and health professionals' views concerning the impact of genetic testing at the time of breast cancer diagnosis in women under the age of 40

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 272-281

  Ardern Jones, A ^a   Kenen, R ^b   Eeles, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA mutation carriers; Early onset breast cancer; Genetic testing; Health care professionals; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GENETICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ONCOGENE; ONSET AGE; STRESS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20744454263     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2005.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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