INVITED AND SPECIAL SESSIONS
Thursday, October 27
8:00 AM-10:30 AM
Concurrent Platform Sessions I (19-25) Click on abstract number to view full text
SESSION 25 - Counseling, Testing and Ethics
Ballroom I-J
Co-Moderators: Suzanne O'Neill, Evanston NW Healthcare, Evanston, IL; and June Peters, NCI/NIH, Rockville, MD
67/8:00 Is a genetic questionnaire as accurate as pedigree analysis in the evaluation of genetic infertility and risks to offspring? K. L. Danziger, M. Brown, L. D. Black and P. J. Turek.
68/8:15 Alternatives to traditional genetic counseling: use of an educational precounseling CD-ROM. S. Bhatt, T. Cousineau, D. Cutillo and A. Cronister.
69/8:30 Recontacting research participants: Implications for genetic banking studies. M. E. Smith, S. A. Aufox, R. L. Chisholm and W. A. Wolf.
70/8:45 Direct contact, without considering the index patient, to offer information and counseling to HNPCC-families. H. Kääriäinen, K. Aktan-Collan, K. Pylvänäinen and J.-P. Mecklin.
71/9:00 The trouble with phenocopies: are those testing negative for a family BRCA1/2 mutation really at population risk? D. G. R. Evans, A. Smith, M. C. Boyd, M. Bulman, E. Woodward, L. Smith, A. Moran, F. Lalloo and E. R. Maher.
72/9:15 Different causes and outcomes of splicing defects in PTEN. S. Agrawal, R. Pilarski and C. Eng.
73/9:30 Patient Attitudes Towards Follow-Up Letters Provided After Genetic Counseling for Inherited Cancer Risks. E. Rosenthal and L. Madlensky.
74/9:45 The Genetic Discrimination Project: benefit, disadvantage and negative treatment associated with genetic information in an Australian sample of clinical genetic service clients, Australian and international implications. K. Barlow-Stewart, S. Taylor, S. Treloar, M. Stranger and M. Otlowski.
75/10:00 Physician Knowledge and Opinions on Genetic Discrimination. K. Lowstuter, S. Sand, C. Lee, B. Schwerin, G. Uman, K. Blazer and J. Weitzel.
76/10:15 Whose Genetic Profile Is It Anyway? Challenges in Forensic Investigations. A. Chidambaram, M. Collins, C. Duda, J. Cohen, J. Schuerman, H. Hamilton and C. Beheim.
