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Young Adult Female Cancer Survivors' Concerns About Future Children's Health and Genetic Risk

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: As young adult female cancer survivors (aged 18-35) make family-building decisions, understanding the specific nature of their concerns is important. We evaluated survivors' concerns about potential health risks to future children including genetic susceptibility for cancer with an internet-based survey study (N = 187). Sixty-five percent reported concern about passing on a genetic cancer risk to their children, and scores did not vary regardless of association with cancer at high risk for genetic transmission. Genetic counseling and education about family-building options may be important to survivors concerned about health risks to offspring to support family-building decisions based on personalized medical information.

Source: Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

DOI: 10.1089/jayao.2017.0050

Authors: Nirupa Jaya Raghunathan, Catherine Benedict, Bridgette Thom, Danielle Novetsky Friedman, Joanne Frankel Kelvin

Institutions: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Hofstra University

Language: English

Topic: BRCA gene mutations in cancer

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences