Factors influencing the decision to share cancer genetic results among family members : an in-depth interview study of women in an Asian setting

• Main Authors: Li, Shao-Tzu, Sun, Shirley, Lie, Désirée, Met-Domestici, Marie, Courtney, Eliza, Menon, Sapna, Lim, Geok Hoon, Ngeow, Joanne
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women; Cancer Genetics; Oncology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85531; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49223
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Objective:Reluctance to share hereditary cancer syndrome genetic test results with family is reported among Asian patients. This study aims to explore patient factors influencing result sharing with family, to improve overall testing uptake.Methods:Participants were women with a personal/family hist...