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Comment vivre en se sachant à haut risque de cancer du sein ?

How to experience life as a person at high risk of developing a breast cancer

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Les tests génétiques ou épidémiologiques sont utilisés pour déterminer le risque d’une personne de développer un cancer du sein (cancer familial). Les facteurs émotionnels et non seulement cognitifs jouent un rôle majeur dans l’adaptation à cette expérience. Ils influencent la compréhension et la confiance dans les résultats, la capacité à se déterminer et la satisfaction des patients. Dans ce contexte, nous abordons quelques réflexions sur ce que signifie pour les patients de vivre à haut risque de cancer du sein.

Abstract

Genetic or epidemiological tests can be used to determine a person’s risk of developing a new or recurrent familial breast cancer. Not only cognitive but factors such as anxiety influence understanding of and confidence in the results, decision-making, and satisfaction with testing. Emotion plays a strong role in the perception of risk information but is frequently underemphasized in the medical communication. We discuss and put into context several reflections that explore the whole setting and course of life after being labeled as a person at high risk.

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Guex, P., Lesur, A. Comment vivre en se sachant à haut risque de cancer du sein ?. Oncologie 16, 449–454 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10269-014-2453-4

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