Familial Cancer
Research by T.E. Power and Colleagues in Familial Cancer Provides New Insights
Published in Cancer Weekly, July 19th, 2011
2011 JUL 19 -- Data detailed in "Distress and psychosocial needs of a heterogeneous high risk familial cancer population" have been presented. "In order to assess the levels of distress and psychosocial support needs of a high risk population, we undertook a study to look at both the objective and subjective levels of distress and the wants and needs of individuals from a high familial cancer risk population. Three hundred and eighteen individuals (160 affected, 158 unaffected) completed several distress and psychosocial needs questionnaires (including the Brief Symptom Inventory-18)," scientists writing in the Journal of Genetic Counseling report.
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