Randomized noninferiority trial of telephone versus in-person genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 618-626

  Schwartz, Marc D ^a   Valdimarsdottir, Heiddis B ^b   Peshkin, Beth N ^a   Mandelblatt, Jeanne ^a   Nusbaum, Rachel ^a   Huang, An Tsun ^a   Chang, Yaojen ^a   Graves, Kristi ^a   Isaacs, Claudine ^a   Wood, Marie ^c   McKinnon, Wendy ^c   Garber, Judy ^d   McCormick, Shelley ^d   Kinney, Anita Y ^e   Luta, George ^a   Kelleher, Sarah ^a   Leventhal, Kara Grace ^a   Vegella, Patti ^a   Tong, Angie ^a   King, Lesley ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CATCHMENT; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; IN-PERSON GENETIC COUNSELING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEPHONE GENETIC COUNSELING; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUTATION; OVARY TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TELEPHONE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84899149442     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2013.51.3226     Document Type: Article

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