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The impact of genetic counselling about breast cancer risk on women's risk perceptions and levels of distress.

British journal of cancer - 1 Feb 1999

Cull A, Anderson E D, Campbell S, Mackay J, Smyth E, Steel M

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Women referred to a familial breast cancer clinic completed questionnaires before and after counselling and at annual follow-up to assess their risk estimate and psychological characteristics. The aims were to determine whether those who attended the clinic overestimated their risk or were highly anxious and whether counselling influenced risk estimates and levels of distress. Women (n = 450) at this clinic were...

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PMID: 10027320
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690078
PMCID: PMC2362435

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