Journal article
Experience of parental cancer in childhood is a risk factor for psychological distress during genetic cancer susceptibility testing
Abstract
BACKGROUND: This study explores the effect of age at the time of parental cancer diagnosis or death on psychological distress and cancer risk perception in individuals undergoing genetic testing for a specific cancer susceptibility.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Cancer-related distress, worry and risk perception were assessed in 271 applicants for genetic testing of an identified mutation in BRCA1/2 (BReast CAncer) or a HNPCC (Hereditary Nonpolyposis …
Authors
van Oostrom I; Meijers-Heijboer H; Duivenvoorden HJ; Bröcker-Vriends AHJT; van Asperen CJ; Sijmons RH; Seynaeve C; Van Gool AR; Klijn JGM; Tibben A
Journal
Annals of Oncology, Vol. 17, No. 7, pp. 1090–1095
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
7 2006
DOI
10.1093/annonc/mdl069
ISSN
0923-7534