BRCA1/2 testing in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer families: Effectiveness of problem-solving training as a counseling intervention

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 130 A, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-227

  McInerney Leo, Aideen ^a   Biesecker, Barbara Bowles ^a   Hadley, Donald W ^a   Kase, Ronald G ^b,c   Giambarresi, Therese R ^b,c   Johnson, Elizabeth ^d   Lerman, Caryn ^e   Struewing, Jeffery P ^b  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling interventions; Genetic counseling; Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer; Predictive genetic testing; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF ESTEEM; TRAINING; WELLBEING;

ADULT; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 4744370997     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30265     Document Type: Article

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