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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Holloway, Susan
• Porteous, Mary
• Cetnarskyj, Roseanne
• Anderson, Elaine
• Campbell, Joyce
• Steel, Michael
• Campbell, Harry

Titel

Long-Term Attendance at Follow-Up of Women Assessed as Being at Increased Risk of Developing Breast Cancer in South-East Scotland

Ist Teil von

• Community genetics, 2007-01, Vol.10 (4), p.252-260

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: S. Karger AG

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Women with a family history of breast cancer increasingly seek genetic advice and screening. In the present study we investigated referral rates and factors associated with long-term attendance for screening in Scotland. We investigated referral rates to the genetic service over a 21-month period and long-term attendance for screening amongst the 226 women at increased risk of developing breast cancer. The overall annual referral rate was 0.31 per 1,000 patients on general practitioners' lists. Some 98% of women for whom it was appropriate attended at least one screening appointment and 88% were continuing to attend appointments for surveillance up to 5 years later. Attendance was significantly lower among more socially deprived patients (p < 0.01). These results suggest that as increasing numbers of women with a positive family history seek risk assessment and screening, current facilities may be inadequate.