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Attitudes, knowledge, and risk perceptions of women with breast and/or ovarian cancer considering testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Mar 1999

Bluman L G, Rimer B K, Berry D A, Borstelmann N, Iglehart J D, Regan K, Schildkraut J, Winer E P

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PURPOSE: This study examined baseline knowledge, beliefs, and risk perceptions among a group of 200 women with breast and/or ovarian cancer who participated in a trial designed to improve decision making about genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Women were identified by self-referral, physician referral, and tumor registry extraction and invited to participate in a randomized trial in which...

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Adult
Breast Neoplasms
Family
Female
Genes, BRCA1
Genetic Markers
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Mutation
Ovarian Neoplasms

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PMID: 10071299
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1999.17.3.1040

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BRCA1
BRCA2

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