Attitudes to reproductive genetic testing in women who had a positive BRCA test before having children: A qualitative analysis

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-10

  Ormondroyd, Elizabeth ^a   Donnelly, Louise ^b   Moynihan, Clare ^c   Savona, Cornelie ^d   Bancroft, Elizabeth ^e   Evans, D Gareth ^f   Eeles, Rosalind ^e   Lavery, Stuart ^g   Watson, Maggie ^e  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d BETHLEM ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attitudes; BRCA; cancer; psychosocial; qualitative; reproductive

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITARY BREAST OVARIAN CANCER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83255194124     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.146     Document Type: Article

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