A comparison of male attendees and nonattendees at a familial cancer clinic

EA Lobb; C Gaff; B Meiser; P Butow; R Osseiran-Moisson; N Hallowell

Journal article

A comparison of male attendees and nonattendees at a familial cancer clinic

EA Lobb, C Gaff, B Meiser, P Butow, R Osseiran-Moisson, N Hallowell

Genetics in Medicine | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Published : 2009

DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181b780d2

Abstract

PURPOSE: This retrospective descriptive Australian study aimed to determine predictors of nonattendance at a familial cancer clinic by men from high-risk breast/ovarian cancer families. METHODS: Two hundred twenty-six men from families with a known BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation were recruited through an epidemiological database of high-risk breast cancer families and completed a self-administered questionnaire. RESULTS: Multivariate analyses using binary logistic regression showed that nonattendance at a familial cancer clinic by men from high-risk breast/ovarian cancer families was associated with younger age (51 vs. 55 years) (odds ratio = 1.03, P = 0.04) and lower cancer burden (one relative di..

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Funding Acknowledgements

Associate Prof Elizabeth Lobb was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, Australian Clinical Research Fellowship #222915. Associate Prof. Bettina Meiser was supported by a National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Austrulia Public Health Fellowship # 007079. Prof Phyllis Butow was Supported by an NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship. Dr. Nina Hallowell is supported by a Leverhulme Trust Study Abroad Fellowship. We wish to thank Heather Thorne, Eveline Niedermayr, all the kConFab research nurses and staff, the heads and staff of the Family Cancer Clinics, and the Clinical Follow Up Study (funded by NHMRC Grants 145684, 288704, and 454508) for their contributions to this resource, and the many families who contribute to kConFab. kConFab is supported by grants from the National Breast Cancer Foundation, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and by the Queensland Cancer Fund, the Cancer Councils of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, and the Cancer Foundation of Western Australia.