Learning of your parent's BRCA mutation during adolescence or early adulthood: A study of offspring experiences

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200-208

  Bradbury, Angela R ^a,b   Patrick Miller, Linda ^c,d   Pawlowski, Kimberly ^e   Ibe, Comfort N ^e   Cummings, Shelly A ^e   Hlubocky, Fay ^b,e   Olopade, Olufunmilayo I ^e   Daugherty, Christopher K ^b,e  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA; Cancer; Communication; Genetic testing; Oncology; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROGENY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; CHICAGO; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 66149134109     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1384     Document Type: Article

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