title: Completeness of pedigree and family cancer history for ovarian cancer patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the completeness of pedigree and of number of pedigree analysis to know the acceptable familial history in Korean women with ovarian cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interview was conducted in 50 ovarian cancer patients for obtaining familial history three times over the 6 weeks. The completeness of pedigree is estimated in terms of familial history of disease (cancer), health status (health living, disease and death), and onset age of disease and death.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The completion of pedigree was 79.3, 85.1, and 85.6% at the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd time of interview and the time for pedigree analysis was 34.3, 10.8, and 3.1 minutes, respectively. The factors limiting pedigree analysis were as follows: out of contact with their relatives (38%), no living ancestors who know the family history (34%), dispersed family member because of the Korean War (16%), unknown cause of death (12%), reluctance to ask medical history of relatives (10%), and concealing their ovarian cancer (10%). The percentage of cancers revealed in 1st (2%) and 2nd degree (8%) relatives were increasing through surveys, especially colorectal cancer related with Lynch syndrome (4%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Analysis of pedigree at least two times is acceptable in Korean woman with ovarian cancer from the first study. The completion of pedigree is increasing, while time to take family history is decreasing during three time survey.
authors.affiliation: Center for Uterine Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Yedong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Son
authors.affiliation: Center for Uterine Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea. gynlim@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Myong Cheol
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Center for Uterine Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.affiliation: Center for Uterine Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Sokbom
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Center for Uterine Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea. parksang@ncc.re.kr.
authors.forename: Sang Yoon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D003123:Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / Q000235:genetics; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D010375:Pedigree; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Completeness; Family history; Lynch syndrome; Ovarian cancer; Pedigree