WOMENS RECEPTIVITY TO TESTING FOR A GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TO BREAST-CANCER

Citation
H. Chaliki et al., WOMENS RECEPTIVITY TO TESTING FOR A GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TO BREAST-CANCER, American journal of public health, 85(8), 1995, pp. 1133-1135
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
ISSN journal
00900036
Volume
85
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Part
1
Pages
1133 - 1135
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-0036(1995)85:8<1133:WRTTFA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Four hundred eighty-four patients undergoing mammography and 498 patie nts visiting their obstetrician-gynecologist were asked whether they w ould take a breast cancer 1 (BRCA1) test to detect a genetic susceptib ility to breast cancer. More than 90% in both groups said they would t ake the test. Women were more likely to accept if they were regularly having breast examinations by a physician, believed that mammography e ffectively detects early breast cancer, and believed that early breast cancer is curable. If shown to have inherited a susceptibility, many reported that they would be very anxious, would want the test repeated , would examine their breasts more often than monthly, and would want mammography more often than yearly. Many also reported that they would recommend testing to relatives.