There is no decision to make: Experiences and attitudes toward treatment-focused genetic testing among women diagnosed with ovarian cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-157

  Meiser, B ^a,b   Gleeson, M ^a,c   Kasparian, N ^d   Barlow Stewart, K ^e   Ryan, M ^f   Watts, K ^a,b   Menon, D ^b   Mitchell, G ^g   Tucker, K ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Hunter Genetics   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e Centre for Genetics Education   (Australia)

^f ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^g PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; BRCA1; BRCA2; Genetics; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT FOCUSED GENETIC TESTING;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 83055184366     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.09.040     Document Type: Article

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