Risk estimation, anxiety, and breast cancer worry in women at risk for breast cancer: A single-arm trial of personalized risk communication.
Zhuoer XieNeil WengerAnnette L StantonKaren SepuchaCelia KaplanLisa MadlenskyDavid ElashoffJacqueline TrentAntonia PetruseLiliana JohansenTracy LaytonArash NaeimPublished in: Psycho-oncology (2019)
Personalized communication about breast cancer risk was associated with modestly improved risk estimation accuracy in women with relatively low anxiety and less anxiety and breast cancer worry in women with higher anxiety. We detected no negative consequences of informing women about elevated breast cancer risk.