The Cancer Prevention Clinic

Abstract

The Cancer Prevention Clinic-a service program of the Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison- is designed primarily to provide genetic and medical information that will facilitate primary as well as secondary prevention of cancer among individuals who are at greater than average risk for developing the disease because of a family history of cancer. The services provided by the clinic are discussed from three standpoints: (1) the client population and the structure of the clinic service, (2) specific informational and psychological needs or concerns that clients present and how the staff addresses those needs, and (3) psychosocial barriers that interfere with the clinic's goals and suggestions for circumventing those barriers.