Conditions and consequences of a BRCA mutation in young, single women of childbearing age

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 627-634

  Hamilton, Rebekah ^a   Hurley, Karen E ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; OVARY TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SINGLE PERSON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649741330     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/10.ONF.627-634     Document Type: Article

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