Purpose: To explore long-term psychosocial consequences of carrying a BRCA1/2 mutation
and to identify possible risk factors for long-term psychological distress. Patients and …

Diagnostic tests are now available that allow genetic testing for several types of cancer. The
aim of genetic counseling and testing for cancer is to educate individuals about cancer risk …

The paper reports on a 5-year longitudinal study on psychological distress after predictive
testing for Huntington's disease (HD) and on correlates of post-test distress. Psychometric …

Type 1 diabetes mellitus is the most common metabolic disease of childhood. Two states
offer newborn screening to identify children with a genetic predisposition to it. It is a …

Background Familial hypercholesterolemia is a common lipid disorder that predisposes to
premature cardiovascular disease. Lipid-lowering treatment of affected individuals is widely …

Based on a hypothetical scenario positing 100 percent accuracy in test results, we examined
interest in genetic testing for Alzheimer's disease (AD) among adult children, 40-60 years of …

Purpose: To assess accuracy of mothers' understanding of their newborns' genetic risk for
type 1 diabetes and to identify predictors of the comprehension and retention of genetic …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this paper is to describe pretest psychological functioning in a
sample of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients undergoing genetic testing. We also explored …

The aim of this paper is to work out the relationship between ethics and practice with
reference to genetic counselling. First, the most important principles with respect to genetic …

Family history of chronic disease is rapidly becoming a research tool for targeting
participants at increased risk. Its current usefulness in clinical practice remains unknown …