abstract: Opening the psychological black box in genetic couseling - impact uninformative result

Psychooncology. 2010 Nov 11. [Epub ahead of print]

Opening the psychological black box in genetic counseling. The psychological impact of DNA testing is predicted by the counselees' perception, the medical impact by the pathogenic or uninformative BRCA1/2-result.

 

 

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FORCE (Facing Our Risk) slide presentation - uninformative genetic testing results (BRCA/Lynch Syndrome)

Retrospective comparison of patient outcomes after in-person and telephone results disclosure counseling for BRCA1/2 genetic testing.

"This study suggests that telephone results disclosure is clinically appropriate when counselors utilize their clinical judgment to determine which patients are appropriate candidates."

Pathway analysis of gene lists associated with platinum-based chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer: The big picture

"We propose that future international cooperation should aim at a uniform pooled analysis of the wealth of ovarian cancer array data already available. This will enhance the power of each separate ovarian cancer study and can lead to promising results."

2007 Open-label safety and efficacy pilot trial of intraperitoneal bevacizumab as palliative treatment in refractory malignant ascites

reference: Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2007 ASCO Annual Meeting Proceedings (Post-Meeting Edition). Vol 25, No 18S (June 20 Supplement), 2007: 9043

Possible results: genetic testing (as per Myriad site)

Simple chart: possibleresults1big.jpg (JPEG Image, 945x582 pixels)