Breast Cancer Risk Perceptions among Relatives of Women with Uninformative Negative BRCA1/2 Test Results: The Moderating Effect of the Amount of Shared …

DO Himes, MF Clayton, GW Donaldson… - Journal of genetic …, 2016 - Springer
The most common result of BRCA1/2 mutation testing when performed in a family without a
previously identified mutation is an uninformative negative test result. Women in these …

Follow-up effects of a tailored pre-counseling website with question prompt in breast cancer genetic counseling

A Albada, S van Dulmen, P Spreeuwenberg… - Patient Education and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective Pre-counseling education helps counselees to prepare for breast cancer genetic
counseling and might subsequently result in more positive experiences, improved cognitive …

Longer-term influence of breast cancer genetic counseling on cognitions and distress: Smaller benefits for affected versus unaffected women

AH Pieterse, MGEM Ausems, P Spreeuwenberg… - Patient education and …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate outcomes of breast cancer genetic counseling in women with and
without breast cancer. METHODS: Seventy-seven first-time attendees (n= 44 affected) …

Perceived risk following melanoma genetic testing: a 2-year prospective study distinguishing subjective estimates from recall

LG Aspinwall, JM Taber, W Kohlmann, SL Leaf… - Journal of Genetic …, 2014 - Springer
A major goal of predictive genetic testing is to alert people to their risk before illness onset;
however, little is known about how risk perceptions change following genetic testing and …

Short-term psychological impact of the BRCA1/2 test result in women with breast cancer according to their perceived probability of genetic predisposition to cancer

A Brédart, JL Kop, A Depauw, O Caron, S Sultan… - British journal of …, 2013 - nature.com
Background: The effect of BRCA1/2 gene test result on anxiety, depression, cancer-related
thought intrusion or avoidance and perceived control over cancer risk was assessed in …

Using a family history intervention to improve cancer risk perception in a black community

VS Murthy, MA Garza, DA Almario, KJ Vogel… - Journal of genetic …, 2011 - Springer
Few studies examine the use of family history to influence risk perceptions in the African
American population. This study examined the influence of a family health history (FHH) …

The impact of a “Psychiatric Genetics for Genetic Counselors” workshop on genetic counselor attendees: An exploratory study

A Dillon, J Austin, K McGhee… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic counseling is the process of supporting patients' and families' adaptation to genetic
information. Psychiatric genetic counseling has been proven to be effective in improving …

Improving subjective perception of personal cancer risk: systematic review and meta‐analysis of educational interventions for people with cancer or at high risk of …

M Dieng, CG Watts, NA Kasparian, RL Morton… - Psycho …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Newly diagnosed patients with cancer require education about the disease, the
available treatments and potential consequences of treatment. Greater understanding of …

Intuition versus cognition: a qualitative exploration of how women understand and manage their increased breast cancer risk

L Heiniger, PN Butow, M Charles… - Journal of Behavioral …, 2015 - Springer
Risk comprehension in individuals at increased familial risk of cancer is suboptimal and little
is known about how risk is understood and managed by at-risk individuals who do not …

Prevention of rheumatic diseases: strategies, caveats, and future directions

A Finckh, KD Deane - Rheumatic Disease Clinics, 2014 - rheumatic.theclinics.com
Across the multiple fields of medicine there is increasing interest in preventive approaches
to disease. To help guide preventive approaches to disease, in the 1960s, the World Health …