UNASSIGNED: In 1994, a clinic for @entity5 risk counseling was opened at Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem. Most of the counselees have been @entity1 who had @entity0 and/or a relative with @entity0 . In order to evaluate the effect of this counseling on @entity1 's knowledge and perceptions regarding the risks for @entity0 , a questionnaire was given before and after the counseling session to 60 healthy @entity1 who came to the clinic because they have relatives with @entity0 . According to the genetic counselors' estimations, most of these @entity1 had a significantly increased risk (compared to the general population) of developing @entity5 . Before counseling, the @entity1 overestimated the population risk for @entity0 , the contribution of heredity to morbidity of @entity5 , and their own risks to get @entity5 . After counseling session, they gave reduced estimates, closer to the "real" ones. The subjective perceptions regarding these risks were reduced after counseling, except for the perceptions regarding their relativerisks which have not changed after the counseling. About 90% of the @entity1 who came to the clinic wanted to be tested for genetic predisposition to @entity5 . For most of these @entity1 , the expectations that the test can rule out a genetic predisposition to @entity5 became more realistic after the counseling. The option to first test an affected relative was offered to all families, and a test was actually conducted in 75% of the families.

The Effect of Genetic Counseling on Knowledge and Perceptions Regarding Risks for XXXX .

@entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast cancer']
@entity0 :: (MESH:D001943,Disease) :: ['Breast Cancer']
