Colorectal Cancer in the Family: Psychosocial Distress and Social Issues in the Years Following Genetic Counselling
Open Access
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
- Vol. 5 (2) , 59-8
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1897-4287-5-2-59
Abstract
This study examined: (1) levels of cancer-specific distress more than one year after genetic counselling for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC); (2) associations between sociodemographic, clinical and psychosocial factors and levels of distress; (3) the impact of genetic counselling on family relationships, and (4) social consequences of genetic counselling.Keywords
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