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Psychosocial impact of genetic testing in familial medullary-thyroid carcinoma: a multicentric pilot-evaluation.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Jan 1999
Freyer G, Dazord A, Schlumberger M, Conte-Devolx B, Ligneau B, Trillet-Lenoir V, Lenoir G M
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BACKGROUND: Many crucial problems are associated with the diagnosis of inherited cancer susceptibility. One of the most important is related to the psychosocial consequences of the knowledge by the patients and their relatives of their own genetical status. Little data are available in the literature, mainly from studies including small numbers of selected and motivated patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From...
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