Group medical visits in the follow-up of women with a BRCA mutation: design of a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

BRCA mutation carriers have a 40-80% life-time risk of developing breast cancer. They may opt for yearly breast cancer surveillance or for prophylactic mastectomy. Both options show increased survival rates. It is a complex choice to be made between these two options. As a result most women experience high levels of distress and high needs for information. To fulfill the needs for psychosocial support and information we have introduced group medical consultations (GMCs). A GMC provides individual medical visits conducted within a group. This 90 minute group-visit with 8-12 patients gives patients the opportunity to spend more time with their clinician and a behavioral health professional and learn from other patients experiencing similar topics. However, it should be not

SUBMITTER: Visser A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3174867 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature