Testicular cancer and genetics knowledge among familial testicular cancer family members

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-364

  Peters, June A ^a   Beckjord, Ellen B ^b   Banda Ryan, Deliya R ^a   Carr, Ann G ^c   Vadaparampil, Susan T ^d   Loud, Jennifer T ^a   Korde, Larissa ^a   Greene, Mark H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

^d H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial; Genetic counseling; Genetic education; Hereditary; Knowledge; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER PATIENT; EDUCATION; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENDER; GENETIC KNOWLEDGE SCALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE; SPOUSE; TESTICULAR CANCER KNOWLEDGE SCALE; TESTIS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 48449102594     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-008-9153-4     Document Type: Article

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