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Risk Perceptions and Knowledge of Breast Cancer Genetics in Women at Increased Risk of Developing Hereditary Breast Cancer

dc.contributor.author Meiser, Bettina en_US
dc.contributor.author Butow, Phyllis en_US
dc.contributor.author Barratt, Alexandra en_US
dc.contributor.author Gattas, Michael en_US
dc.contributor.author Gaff, Clara en_US
dc.contributor.author Haan, Eric en_US
dc.contributor.author Gleeson, Margaret en_US
dc.contributor.author Dudding, Tracy en_US
dc.contributor.author Tucker, Katherine en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T13:02:00Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T13:02:00Z
dc.date.issued 2001 en_US
dc.description.abstract Abstract: This multicentre study investigated accuracy of perceived breast cancer risk and breast cancer genetics knowledge in 333 women at increased risk of developing hereditary breast cancer. Only women who had never been affected by breast cancer and approached one of 14 familial cancer clinics for advice about their breast cancer risk were assessed prior to their attendance at the clinic. Eleven percent of women underestimated. 57% accurately estimated their risk and 32% overestimated their breast cancer risk. Compared to accurate estimators, overestimators were younger (OR = 0.97: 95% CI, 0.95-1.00;P = .051), had higher breast cancer anxiety levels (OR = 1.03; 95% CI, 1.01-1.05; p = .0038) and were more likely to fall into the lower breast cancer risk categories (P < .0001). These findings suggest that an approach that exclusively relies on conveying factual information on breast cancer risk is unlikely to succeed in correcting excessive risk perceptions, and that it may be necessary to also address excessive breast cancer anxiety. Furthermore, many women at high risk of developing breast cancer have misconceptions about breast cancer genetics, underscoring the value of referral to comprehensive specialist counselling services. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0887-0446 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/38981
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.title Risk Perceptions and Knowledge of Breast Cancer Genetics in Women at Increased Risk of Developing Hereditary Breast Cancer en_US
dc.type Journal Article en
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unsw.identifier.doiPublisher http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870440108405508 en_US
unsw.relation.faculty Medicine & Health
unsw.relation.ispartofissue 3 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofjournal Psychology and Health en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto 297-311 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofvolume 16 en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Meiser, Bettina, Prince of Wales Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Butow, Phyllis, Medical Psychology Unit, University of Sydney en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Barratt, Alexandra, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Sydney en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Gattas, Michael, Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Children's Hospital en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Gaff, Clara, Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Royal Children's Hospital en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Haan, Eric, South Australian Clinical Genetics Service, Women's and Children's Hospital en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Gleeson, Margaret, Prince of Wales Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Dudding, Tracy, Hunter Genetic Services, Waratah en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Tucker, Katherine, Prince of Wales Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.school Clinical School Prince of Wales Hospital *
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