Maheu Christine
School of Nursing, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Can J Nurs Res. 2009 Jun;41(2):100-12.
The findings presented here are from a qualitative study in which data were gathered from 20 women who had received inconclusive genetic testing results for inherited breast cancer susceptibility. Before describing the significance, for them, of their genetic test results, all of the participants related what it was like to live with a strong family history of breast cancer. The focus of this article is the women's experience of living with a personal and strong family history of breast cancer. For these women, having such a history had become a fact of life that could not be ignored.Three themes were identified in the data: expecting and dealing with a diagnosis of breast cancer protecting oneself and others, and increasing exposure to cancer screening procedures. These themes address the underlying reality that having a personal and family history of breast cancer is not an isolated situation but part of one's journey in choosing to undergo genetic testing for inherited breast cancer susceptibility.
本文呈现的研究结果来自一项定性研究，该研究收集了20名女性的数据，她们接受遗传性乳腺癌易感性基因检测的结果并不明确。在描述基因检测结果对她们的意义之前，所有参与者都讲述了有乳腺癌家族病史的生活是什么样的。本文的重点是这些女性有个人及强烈家族乳腺癌病史的生活经历。对这些女性来说，有这样的病史已成为无法忽视的生活现实。数据中确定了三个主题：期待并应对乳腺癌诊断、保护自己和他人、增加癌症筛查程序的接触。这些主题揭示了一个潜在现实，即有个人及家族乳腺癌病史并非孤立情况，而是人们选择进行遗传性乳腺癌易感性基因检测过程的一部分。
