Attitudes About Childbearing And Fertility With Inherited Breast And Ovarian Cancer Syndromes (HBOC)
Completed
Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
In brief
Objectives: \- To evaluate the attitudes and opinions of women undergoing genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome, both before and after testing, in regards to pregnancy and fertility Hypothesis: -Factors that will increase the percentage of women endorsing prenatal diagnostic testing will include a personal history of breast or ovarian cancer, having had a mother or sister die of breast or ovarian cancer, and testing positive for a BRCA mutation.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00829959
- Run by
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- People needed
- 156
- Starts
- 2009-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-08-04
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Women who have been referred to the Clinical Cancer Genetics Program for discussion of Hereditary Breast And Ovarian Syndrome (HBOC).
- Participants must be seen by clinical cancer geneticist and undergo genetic counseling here at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center for HBOC.
- Participants may or may not have a personal diagnosis of cancer.
- Participants may have already seen or undergone reproductive endocrine evaluation and had any reproductive treatment.
- The participant must be a woman and have reproductive potential which would include either active menstruation, blood tests with premenopausal ranges of Luteinizing Hormone (LH), Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and estradiol, or was premenopausal prior to starting chemotherapy for a diagnosed breast cancer.
- Age >/= 18 years old
- The patient must be able to speak and read fluently in either English or in Spanish in order to complete the questionnaire.
You may not qualify if…
- None
Where it is running
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States
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