Psychosocial impact of BRCA testing in young Black breast cancer survivors

Psychosocial impact of BRCA testing in young Black breast cancer survivors

Objective: Prior studies demonstrating minimal psychological consequences for women receiving genetic counseling/genetic testing (GC/GT) for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer rely on predominantly Caucasian women. We conducted a prospective follow-up of a subset of participants from a population-...

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Main Authors: Ashing, K. (Author), Cragun, D. (Author), Gonzalez, B.D (Author), Holt, C.L (Author), Hoogland, A.I (Author), Hughes Halbert, C. (Author), Kasting, M.L (Author), Kim, J. (Author), Pal, T. (Author), Vadaparampil, S.T (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Ltd 2018
Subjects:
adult
Adult
African American
African Americans
antineoplastic agent
anxiety
Article
Black
Black person
BRCA1 protein
BRCA1 Protein
BRCA1 protein, human
breast cancer
breast cancer survivor
Breast Neoplasms
breast tumor
cancer
cancer chemotherapy
cancer hormone therapy
cancer radiotherapy
cancer survivor
Cancer Survivors
cohort analysis
Cohort Studies
controlled study
distress
distress syndrome
female
Female
Florida
follow up
gene mutation
genetic counseling
Genetic Counseling
genetic screening
genetic testing
Genetic Testing
health disparities
human
Humans
lumpectomy
major clinical study
mastectomy
middle aged
Middle Aged
oncogene
oncology
physical well-being
procedures
Prospective Studies
prospective study
psychological well-being
psychology
psychosocial outcomes
quality of life
Quality of Life
questionnaire
social psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
tumor suppressor gene
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