Saturday, May 25, 2002 - Monday, May 27, 2002 - Schedule

08.45 -
10.45
Erasme
with ESHG

PS07: From 12 years of neonatal CF testing in Brittany to the 2002 national French programme  (20')
C. Ferec (Brest)

PS08: Lessons from the Newborn Screening Programme in Wales  (20')
A. Clarke (Cardiff)

PS09: Predictive testing in minors  (30')
A. M. Codori, K. L. Zawacki, G. M. Petersen, D. L. Miglioretti, J. A. Bacon, J. D. Trimbath, S. V. Booker, K. Picarello, F. M. Giardiello, A. M. Codori;
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

PS10: Carrier Testing in Childhood: Conflict or Compromise?  (30')
C. Barnes;
Genetics Centre, Guy's & St. Thomas' Hospital Trust, London, UNITED KINGDOM

General Panel Discussion  (20')
 

E-C 1 Screening Issues
Chair: T. Marteau

E-C01. Attitudes of Dutch general practitioners, pediatricians and gynecologists towards cystic fibrosis carrier screening  (15') 
M. J. H. Baars, L. Henneman, M. C. Cornel, L. P. Ten Kate;
VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS. 

E-C02. Feasibility and acceptability of two screening strategies for haemochromatosis, report of phase one of a randomised controlled trial.  (15') 
C. Patch¹, P. Roderick¹, W. Rosenberg²;
¹Health Care Research Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM, ²Division of Inflammation, Infection and Repair, University of Southampton, Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM. 

E-C03. Coping strategies of pregnant women after "triple-diagnostic" and those of their partners  (15') 
S. Jahn, F. R. Kreuz;
Technical University, Dresden, GERMANY. 

E-C04. Serum screening uptake and attitudes towards Down's syndrome  (15')
L. D. Bryant, J. M. Green, J. Hewison;
University of Leeds, Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM. 
 

E-C05. Thalassaemia carrier testing in pregnant Pakistani women: perceptions of ‘information’ and ‘consent’.  (15') 
S. Ahmed, J. Green, J. Hewison;
University of Leeds, Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM. 

E-C06. Breast cancer: South Asian patient's experience, attitudes, beliefs and perception of risk.  (15') 
G. A. Karbani;
Centre for Research in Primary Care, Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM. 

E-C06. Genetic Testing for Hearing Impairment- Different Motivations for the Same Outcome  (15') 
M. Sagi¹, O. Dagan², H. Hochner¹, H. Levi³, A. Raas-Rothschild¹, T. Cohen¹;
¹Department of Human Genetics Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, ISRAEL, ²Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, ISRAEL, ³Speech and Hearing Center, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, ISRAEL. 

E-C08. Uses of the body and informed consent for participants in predictive medicine research  (15') 
P. Ducournau;
INSERM U558, Toulouse, FRANCE. 

E-C09. Am I My Brother’s Keeper?: Outlining Rights and Responsibilities in the Context of the Human Genome Diversity Project  (15') 
J. K. Brewer^1,2;
¹Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, ²De Paul College of Law, Chicago, IL. 
 

E-C10. A Pilot Project on Rehabilitation in Huntington's Disease: Three Years Experience in Italy.  (15') 
P. Zinzi¹, G. Jacopini¹, R. De Grandis², G. Graziani², S. Maceroni², P. Zappata², A. Bentivoglio³, M. Frontali⁴;
¹Institute of Psychology C.N.R., Rome, ITALY, ²Home Care "Nova Salus", Trasacco, ITALY, ³Institute of Neurology UCSC, Rome, ITALY, ⁴Institute of Neurobiology and Molecular Medicine C.N.R., Rome, ITALY. 

E-C11. Communication with relatives about predictive genetic testing for cancer predisposition  (15') 
C. Foster¹, M. Watson², C. Moynihan¹, A. Ardern-Jones², R. Eeles²;
¹The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UNITED KINGDOM, ²Royal Marsden NHS Trust, London/Sutton, UNITED KINGDOM. 

E-C12. Myotonic Dystrophy and the marital relationship  (15')
A. Rotteveel, A. R. Wintzen, A. Tibben;
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Leiden, NETHERLANDS. 

E-C13. Putting HD into words: exploring the virtual narratives of the Italian HD support group online.  (15') 
G. Jacopini¹, P. Zinzi¹, A. Cordi²;
¹Institute of Psychology C.N.R., Rome, ITALY, ²A.I.C.H.-ROME, Rome, ITALY. 

E-C14. Adult Survivors of child sex abuse in the genetic counselling consultation  (15') 
C. A. Falconer;
St James University Hospital, Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM. 
 

E-C15. Women at increased risk for breast cancer (BC) attending a regular surveillance program. Preliminary results of the baseline measurement.  (15') 
S. van Dooren¹, C. Seynaeve², H. J. Duivenvoorden¹, M. Kriege², A. J. Rijnsburger³, J. G. M. Klijn², C. C. M. Bartels², H. J. de Koning³, A. Tibben¹;
¹Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS, ²Family Cancer Clinic/Daniel den Hoed Clinic, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS, ³Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS. 

E-C16. The meaning of risk: Women's perceptions of the genetic risk of breast and ovarian cancer following BRCA1/2 mutation searching  (15') 
N. Hallowell¹, C. Foster¹, R. Eeles¹, A. Ardern Jones², V. Murday³, R. Houlston¹, M. Watson⁴;
¹Institute of Cancer Research, London, UNITED KINGDOM, ²Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UNITED KINGDOM, ³St George's Hospital, London, UNITED KINGDOM, ⁴The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UNITED KINGDOM. 

E-C17. Women from HBOC families during the BRCA genetic testing process : lay and providers interactions  (15') 
C. M. Julian-Reynier¹, C. Cypowyj¹, F. Chabal¹, F. Eisinger², H. Sobol³;
¹INSERM U379, Marseilles, FRANCE, ²INSERM U379 & E9939 & Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseilles, FRANCE, ³INSERM E9939 & Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseilles, FRANCE. 

E-C18. Theory of Engagement: A model for predictive test counselling  (15') 
M. McAllister¹, A. Silver², G. Evans³;
¹Regional Genetics Service and Academic Group of Medical Genetics, Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM, ²Oxford Regional Genetics, Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM, ³Regional Genetics Service and Academic Group of Medical Genetics, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM. 

E-C19. Impact of predictive genetic testing for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC)  (15') 
J. L. Halliday¹, B. Meiser², R. Warren¹, V. R. Collins¹, C. Gaff³;
¹Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Victoria, AUSTRALIA, ²Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, AUSTRALIA, ³Genetic Health Services, Victoria, AUSTRALIA. 

E-C20. The influence of consultants’ communication and information-giving behaviours on patient outcomes: A multi centre study of genetic counselling with women from high risk breast cancer families  (15')
E. A. Lobb¹, P. N. Butow¹, B. Meiser², A. Barratt³, C. Gaff^4,5, M. A. Young⁶, E. Haan⁷, G. Southers⁷, M. Gattas⁸, K. Tucker⁹;
¹Medical Psychology Research Unit, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, AUSTRALIA, ²Dept. of Psychological Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, AUSTRALIA, ³Dept. of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, AUSTRALIA, ⁴Genetic Health Services Victoria, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, AUSTRALIA, ⁵Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, AUSTRALIA, ⁶Peter Mac Callum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA, ⁷South Australian Clinical Genetics Service, Women’s & Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, AUSTRALIA, ⁸Queensland Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Children’s Hospital, Queensland, AUSTRALIA, ⁹Hereditary Cancer Clinic, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, AUSTRALIA. 
 

S 1 Cognition and Behaviour (together with ESHG)
Chair: D. Craufurd, D. Toniolo

S01. The study of behavioural phenotypes: implications for practice and management  (30')
A. Swillen, J. P. Fryns;
Center for Human Genetics, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, BELGIUM.

S02. The tortuous path from genotype to phenotype: genes and cognition in mutant mice  (30')
H. P. Lipp;
Institute of Anatomy, University of Zurich, Zurich, SWITZERLAND

S03. Fragile X Syndrome - its impact on families  (30')
B. Carmichael;
Genetic Nurse Specialist, Southend Hospital, Westcliff on Sea, UNITED KINGDOM
 

E-W 1 "How broad are the patient's shoulders?
A different way of looking at patients and their questions in the intake session.
Organisers: B.A.W.Rozendal and H.G. van Spijker
 

Saturday, May 27, 2002 - Monday, May 27, 2002 - Schedule