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Looking forward and back: distress among women at familial risk for breast cancer.
Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Erblich J, Bovbjerg D H, Valdimarsdottir H B
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Healthy women with family histories of breast cancer in a first-degree relative (FH+) have been reported to exhibit higher levels of breast cancer-related distress than women without family histories of breast cancer (FH-). Recent data suggest that this may be particularly true for women who had a parent die of cancer. In line with theories emphasizing the psychological impacts of past stressors and concerns for...
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