How often do BRCA mutation carriers tell their young children of the family's risk for cancer? A study of parental disclosure of BRCA mutations to minors and young adults

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 3705-3711

  Bradbury, Angela R ^a   Dignam, James J ^a   Ibe, Comfort N ^a   Auh, Sogyong L ^a   Hlubocky, Fay J ^a   Cummings, Shelly A ^a   White, Melody ^a   Olopade, Olufunmilayo I ^a   Daugherty, Christopher K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONCOGENE; PARENT; PARENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 34548511568     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.09.1900     Document Type: Article

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