Getting Cancer Is “Just Bad Luck”: Exploring Bereaved Emerging and Young Adults' Cancer Risk Uncertainty After Caring for a Parent With Advanced Cancer
EYACs' opportunity and danger appraisals align with studies of high hereditary risk populations but reporting no change in cancer risk uncertainty is unique. The long-term health implications of appraising their parent's cancer as a random occurrence, disconnected from their personal risk, remain unknown. Future research should seek to help both bereaved and active EYACs better understand their cancer risk and manage their uncertainty.
Authors
- Amanda Kastrinos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8571-355X)
- Rebecca Gebert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7069-5405)
- Caroline Salafia
- Carla L. Fisher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3903-4278)
- Emily L. Mroz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4539-0252)
- Allison J. Applebaum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2140-5635)
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- University of Connecticut (US)
- Emory University (US)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- Florida College (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psycho-Oncology
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.70161
- Primary Topic
- Family Support in Illness
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Florida Department of Health
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- National Institutes of Health
- University of Florida Health
- National Institute on Aging
- National Cancer Institute
- Cancer Center, University of Florida Health