Impact of BRCA1/BRCA2 Mutation Testing on Psychologic Distress in a Clinic-Based Sample

15 January 2002

journal article
research article
Published by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Journal of Clinical Oncology

Vol. 20 (2) , 514-520
https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.20.2.514

Abstract

PURPOSE: Despite the increasingly widespread availability of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic testing, little is known about the psychologic impact of such testing in the clinical setting. The objective of ...

Keywords

BRCA1/2 TESTING
WHO RECEIVED
PSYCHOLOGIC DISTRESS
DISCLOSURE
CLINIC BASED
CANCER