Communicating genetic test results within the family: Is it lost in translation? A survey of relatives in the randomized six-step study

Familial Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 697-706

  Daly, Mary B ^a   Montgomery, Susan ^a   Bingler, Ruth ^a   Ruth, Karen ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA1 2; Cancer risk; Family communication; Genetic testing

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BRCA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; FIRST-DEGREE RELATIVE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84958767924     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: 15737292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-016-9889-1     Document Type: Article

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