BRCA mutation-negative women from hereditary breast and ovarian cancer families: A qualitative study of the BRCA-negative experience

Health Expectations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 220-231

  Bakos, Alexis D ^b,c   Hutson, Sadie P ^a,b   Loud, Jennifer T ^c   Peters, June A ^b   Giusti, Ruthann M ^d   Greene, Mark H ^c  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Genetics; Hereditary breast ovarian cancer; Mutation negative; Psychosocial aspects

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALTRUISM; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 49749093443     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2008.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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