Genetic uptake in BRCA-mutation families is related to emotional and behavioral communication characteristics of index patients

Familial Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-119

  Landsbergen, Karin ^a   Verhaak, Chris ^a   Kraaimaat, Floor ^a   Hoogerbrugge, Nicoline ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BRCA; Breaking bad news; Family communication; Genetic testing; Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SOCIAL WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PEDIGREE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 21244473319     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-004-7991-2     Document Type: Article

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