Cancer genetic counselling

Withdrawal from Genetic Counselling for Cancer

BACKGROUND A substantial minority of individuals who initially apply for genetic counselling for breast/ovarian cancer withdraw at an early stage from the counselling process. This study investigated the self-reported reasons for early withdrawal and the factors associated significantly with such withdrawal. METHODS Self-report questionnaires were mailed to 83 women who had applied for geneti...

Genetic Counselling in Schizophrenia

Sir, On the basis of the data that they had collected, Parmeshwaran et al.(1999) concluded that a significant relationship exists between phases of the lunar synodic cycle and the development of psychiatric morbidity. From a methodological perspective, I have a reservation about their validity of their conclusions : Parmeshwaran et al.(1999) studied patients at the time of admission and not at ...

Odds in genetic counselling.

Genetic counselling for hereditary predisposition to ovarian and breast cancer.

Since the identification of BRCA 1 and 2 in 1995, testing for mutations in these genes has been offered to cancer patients and their families by clinical genetics services. These services are provided across Europe by a small number of health professionals, and are therefore low volume, and low capacity and patients experience considerable delays, both in seeing a clinician and in laboratory te...

Genetic counselling for familial breast and ovarian cancer in Ontario.

Advances in molecular medicine and increasing attention of the media to clinical developments in genetics have spurred the demand for genetic counselling services for several conditions, most notably for hereditary cancers. 2 Genetic counsellors in the Canadian province of Ontario serve a population of 11.7 million, of whom approximately 85% live in urban areas and 15% live in rural areas. The ...