An exploration of the communication preferences regarding genetic testing in individuals from families with identified breast/ovarian cancer mutations

Familial Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-105

  Ratnayake, Paboda ^a,b   Wakefield, Claire E ^a,b   Meiser, Bettina ^b,c   Suthers, Graeme ^d,e   Price, Melanie A ^f   Duffy, Jessica ^b   Tucker, Kathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BRCA1; BRCA2; Communication support; Family communication; Genetic testing; Hereditary breast cancer

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79951828116     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-010-9383-0     Document Type: Article

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