Predictors of breast cancer‐related distress following mammography screening in younger women on a family history breast screening programme

200833 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Kate Brain · Cardiff University

Bethan J. Henderson · Bangor University

Sally Tyndel · University of Oxford

Clare Bankhead · University of Oxford

Eila Watson · Oxford Brookes University

Alison Clements · University of Oxford

Joan Austoker ·

Abstract

Early intervention to ameliorate high levels of cancer-related distress and negative appraisals would benefit some women as they progress through the familial breast screening programme.

Topics & Keywords

Global Cancer Incidence and Screening BRCA gene mutations in cancer Family Support in Illness

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Psycho-Oncology

Volume 17, Issue 12, pp. 1180-1188

DOI: 10.1002/pon.1355

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