Family system characteristics and psychological adjustment to cancer susceptibility genetic testing: A prospective study

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-42

  van Oostrom, I ^a   Meijers heijboer, H ^a   Duivenvoorden, H J ^a   Brocker vriends A H J T ^b   Van Asperen, C J ^b   Sijmons, R H ^c   Seynaeve, C ^a   Van Gool, A R ^a   Klijn, E ^a   Tibben, A ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BRCA1 2; Family communication; Family functioning; Genetic testing; HNPCC; Psychological adjustment

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33845595955     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00731.x     Document Type: Review

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