Predictors of participation in clinical and psychosocial follow-up of the kConFab breast cancer family cohort

Familial Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-113

  Phillips, Kelly Anne ^a   Butow, Phyllis N ^b   Stewart, Ailsa E ^a   Chang, Jiun Horng ^c   Weideman, Prue C ^a   Price, Melanie A ^d   McLachlan, Sue Anne ^a,e   Lindeman, Geoffrey J ^f   McKay, Michael J ^a   Friedlander, Michael L ^g   Hopper, John L ^c  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cohort; Genetic; Psychosocial; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FAMILY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 21244474485     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-004-6129-x     Document Type: Article

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