Cancer Patient Experience of Uncertainty While Waiting for Genome Sequencing Results

Cancer Patient Experience of Uncertainty While Waiting for Genome Sequencing Results

There is limited knowledge about cancer patients' experiences of uncertainty while waiting for genome sequencing results, and whether prolonged uncertainty contributes to psychological factors in this context. To investigate uncertainty in patients with a cancer of likely hereditary origin whil...

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Main Authors: Nicci Bartley, Christine E. Napier, Zoe Butt, Timothy E. Schlub, Megan C. Best, Barbara B. Biesecker, Mandy L. Ballinger, Phyllis Butow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
uncertainty
genome sequecing
cancer
psychosocial
genomic
genetic testing
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.647502/full

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