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Alison Fry
Researcher at Western General Hospital
Publications - 12
Citations - 703
Alison Fry is an academic researcher from Western General Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 12 publications receiving 692 citations.
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GPs' views on their role in cancer genetics services and current practice.
Alison Fry,Harry Campbell,Hafrun Gudmundsdottir,Robert Rush,Mary Porteous,Dermot Gorman,Ann Cull +6 more
TL;DR: GPs readily identify a role for themselves in cancer genetics services, but admit to a lack of confidence in this area, calling for clear referral guidelines and specialist community support.
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A family history of breast cancer: women's experiences from a theoretical perspective.
Gwyneth Rees,Alison Fry,Ann Cull +2 more
TL;DR: The potential impact of personal experience on risk perception, illness representations and decision-making is discussed and systematic research in this area may improve predictions of outcome of cancer genetic counselling and inform the clinical process.
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Illness perceptions and distress in women at increased risk of breast cancer
TL;DR: The results suggest that the SRM provides a useful framework to explore the psychological response to genetic risk and further research is required in this population to examine illness perceptions in more detail, validate quantitative measures of illness perceptions, and examine interactions between risk perception and theSRM constructs.
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Prophylactic oophorectomy versus screening: psychosocial outcomes in women at increased risk of ovarian cancer.
TL;DR: Women who have undergone prophylactic oophorectomy may have more physical and emotional symptoms than women who remain on an ovarian cancer screening programme, and may report equivalent levels of cancer worry.
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Psychosocial effects of living with an increased risk of breast cancer: an exploratory study using telephone focus groups.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the long-term consequences for women of being informed about an increased risk of breast cancer in terms of: the effect on their everyday lives, their coping strategies and their unmet needs.