A prospective comparison study of different methods of gathering self-reported family history information for breast cancer risk assessment

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-170

  Benjamin, Caroline ^a,c   Booth, Katie ^b   Ellis, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blinded prospective comparison study; Breast cancer; Genetic counselling; Nursing; Primary care; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATIENT INFORMATION; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3543027487     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022611307167     Document Type: Article

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