Prevalence and correlates of mothers and fathers attending pretest cancer genetic counseling together

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-33

  DeMarco, Tiffani A ^a   Nusbaum, Rachel H ^a   Peshkin, Beth N ^a   Patenaude, Andrea F ^b   Schneider, Katherine A ^b   Garber, Judy E ^b   Valdimarsdottir, Heiddis B ^c   Tercyak, Kenneth P ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA1 2 testing; Breast cancer; Cancer; Genetic counseling; Parents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OVARY CANCER; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70549091962     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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