Risk perception and cancer worries in families at increased risk of familial breast/ovarian cancer.

Abstract:

:While families at increased risk for familial breast/ovarian cancer continue to overestimate their cancer risk with increased cancer worries about the future, few studies have examined factors that affect inherited cancer risk perception and cancer worries in both survivors and unaffected female relatives. The purpose of this study was to examine variables that may affect cancer worries and risk perceptions from a family-based perspective in a racially diverse, community-based, random sample of 146 dyads consisting of adult female breast and/or ovarian cancer survivors and their unaffected female relatives (N=292). Results indicated that coping style, self-efficacy, partner's income, family role relationship, and cancer risk perception were significant contributors to the survivors' and their unaffected relatives' cancer worries. Significant variables for perception of cancer risk for both survivors and relatives included income, race, family history of cancer, and cancer worries. Relatives had a higher perception of cancer risk, whereas survivors had more cancer worries. Additionally, the level of cancer worries reported by one member of the dyad was related to the amount of worries reported by the other. The results from this study underscore the importance of clinicians addressing concerns of both affected and unaffected members of families at increased risk of cancer to assist them in managing cancer worries and having realistic risk appraisals to make informed decisions about their own and their family's health surveillance options.

journal_name

Psychooncology

journal_title

Psycho-oncology

authors

Mellon S,Gold R,Janisse J,Cichon M,Tainsky MA,Simon MS,Korczak J

doi

10.1002/pon.1370

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-08-01 00:00:00

pages

756-66

issue

8

eissn

1057-9249

issn

1099-1611

journal_volume

17

pub_type

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