Cognitive and Psychological Impact of BRCA Genetic Counseling in Before and After Definitive Surgery Breast Cancer Patients

Juliette Christie,Gwendolyn P. Quinn,Teri L. Malo,Ji-Hyun Lee,Xiuhua Zhao,Jessica McIntyre,Jennifer Brzosowicz,Paul B. Jacobsen,Susan T. Vadaparampil

Cognitive and Psychological Impact of BRCA Genetic Counseling in Before and After Definitive Surgery Breast Cancer Patients

2012

Juliette Christie
Gwendolyn P. Quinn
Teri L. Malo
Ji-Hyun Lee
Xiuhua Zhao
Jessica McIntyre
Jennifer Brzosowicz
Paul B. Jacobsen
Susan T. Vadaparampil

Purpose To examine changes in cancer-related knowledge, distress, and decisional conflict from pre- to post-genetic counseling (GC) in before (BDS) and after (ADS) definitive surgery breast cancer (BC) patients.

Keywords:

Breast cancer
Cancer
Pathology
Genetic testing
Young adult
Decisional conflict
Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy
Distress
Medicine
Genetic counseling
Surgical oncology

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