Predictors of cancer worry in unaffected women from high risk breast cancer families: Risk perception is not the primary issue

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 635-644

  Price, Melanie Anne ^a   Butow, Phyllis ^a   Lo, Sing Kai ^b   Wilson, Judy ^a   Hickie, I ^a   Phillips, K A ^c   Bennett, B ^d   Meiser, B ^d   Tucker, K ^d   MaLachlan, S A ^e   Tennant, C ^f   Price, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

BRAC2; BRCA1; Cancer specific worry; Life event stress; Perceived risk; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FAMILY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 36448972741     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-007-9105-4     Document Type: Article

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