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What would you do? Specialists' perspectives on cancer genetic testing, prophylactic surgery, and insurance discrimination.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Jun 2000

Matloff E T, Shappell H, Brierley K, Bernhardt B A, McKinnon W, Peshkin B N

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PURPOSE: To examine what cancer genetics specialists predict they would do personally if they were at 50% risk of carrying a mutation that predisposes to hereditary breast/ovarian cancer (BRCA1/BRCA2) and hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC). METHODS: Questionnaire survey of the membership of the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) Special Interest Group (SIG) in Cancer. RESULTS: Of the 296...

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PMID: 10856109
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2000.18.12.2484

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