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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003 95(18):1360-1361; doi:10.1093/jnci/95.18.1360
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For Patients, Prediction of Cancer Risk Can Be Worrisome

Christine Theisen

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In 2002, the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service fielded 64,825 calls—33% of the year’s call volume—from family members and friends of people who had been diagnosed with cancer. Besides asking for information to help their relative or friend, callers, especially family members, may have worried about what the cancer diagnosis meant for their own risk of developing the disease. Although 45% of men and 39% of women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, it is difficult to predict which individuals will be affected.

Noticeably absent from population-level predictions, however, are the fear and anxiety that can arise when trying to predict a particular person’s likelihood of developing cancer. Individuals may or may not want to know their future health, based on the benefits they perceive they will . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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