BRCA1/2 testing in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer families III: Risk perception and screening

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 140, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 2198-2206

  McInerney Leo, Aideen ^a   Hadley, Donald ^a   Kase, Ronald G ^b,c   Giambarresi, Therese R ^b,c   Struewing, Jeffery P ^b   Biesecker, Barbara Bowles ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA1; BRCA2; Cancer screening; Genetic testing; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRCA2 GENE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THINKING; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33749487644     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31432     Document Type: Article

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