Men in the women's world of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer-a systematic review

Familial Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-229

  Strømsvik, Nina ^a,b,c   Råheim, Målfrid ^b   Yen, Nina ^a,b   Gjengedal, Eva ^b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Genetic counseling; Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer; Males and breast cancer; Males and hereditary cancer; Men in BRCA1 and BRCA2 families; Men in HBOC families

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY RELATION; FEAR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GRIEF; GUILT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GUILT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEN; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 68449099032     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-009-9232-1     Document Type: Article

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