Offit, Kenneth
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
funded by the American Cancer Society grant PBR-97
(Member of CGSC)
Project period: 1995 - 1998
Implication: Social SWO
The overall goals of these studies are to demonstrate the psychological
effects of genetic counseling for women with a family history of breast
cancer and the additional psychological impact of genetic testing as it is
introduced into clinical counseling approaches. The specific aims are: to
identify cognitive, emotional, and other factors that influence interest
in and readiness to bank DNA samples for future BRCA1 testing among
African-American women; to examine the effectiveness of genetic counseling
as a means of educating women who are considering having genetic testing
and to measure the impact of risk notification based on genetic testing
and its effects on psychological functioning and preventive and early
detection behaviors.
Offit, K. Clinical Cancer Genetics:
Risk Counseling & Management. New York: Wiley-Liss, Inc., 1998. 419p.