Posttraumatic stress associated with cancer history and BRCA1/2 genetic testing

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 766-772

  Hamann, Heidi A ^a,c   Somers, Tamara J ^b   Smith, Ashley W ^b,d   Inslicht, Sabra S ^b,e   Baum, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA1 2; Cancer; Genetic testing; Posttraumatic stress; Structured clinical interview

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOGENE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 25844442258     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000181273.74398.d7     Document Type: Article

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