Genetic testing intensifies research on psychological impact of cancer

Cancer-related fears and distress can persuade people to take widely varying approaches to genetic testing. In an article in a 1999 Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monograph, [Robert Croyle, Ph.D.] and Caryn Lerman, Ph.D., of Georgetown University, found that among people who believed they...

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Veröffentlicht in:	JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2000-11, Vol.92 (21), p.1711-1712
1. Verfasser:	Boughton, B
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anxiety - etiology Cancer Genetic Testing - psychology Genetics Humans Neoplasms - genetics Neoplasms - prevention & control Neoplasms - psychology Psychology Risk Stress, Psychological - etiology Tests
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Zusammenfassung:	Cancer-related fears and distress can persuade people to take widely varying approaches to genetic testing. In an article in a 1999 Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monograph, [Robert Croyle, Ph.D.] and Caryn Lerman, Ph.D., of Georgetown University, found that among people who believed they could take action to reduce their risk, fears about cancer motivated genetic testing.
ISSN:	0027-8874 1460-2105 1460-2105
DOI:	10.1093/jnci/92.21.1711