Information needs of mothers regarding communicating BRCA1/2 cancer genetic test results to their children

Genetic Testing

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-255

  Tercyak, Kenneth P ^a   Peshkin, Beth N ^a   Demarco, Tiffani A ^a   Farkas Patenaude, Andrea ^b   Schneider, Katherine A ^b   Garber, Judy E ^b   Valdimarsdottir, Heiddis B ^c   Schwartz, Marc D ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; MUTATION;

EID: 35348959469     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2006.0534     Document Type: Article

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