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Psychosocial factors predicting BRCA1/BRCA2 testing decisions in members of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer families.

American journal of medical genetics - 14 Aug 2000

Biesecker B B, Ishibe N, Hadley D W, Giambarresi T R, Kase R G, Lerman C, Struewing J P

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Although BRCA1/2 testing has increasingly entered clinical practice, much is to be learned about the most effective ways to provide counseling to persons potentially interested in receiving test results. The purpose of this study was to identify factors affecting genetic testing decisions in a cohort of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) families presented with the choice to undergo testing. Relatives in...

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PMID: 10946349
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(20000814)93:4<257::aid-ajmg1>3.0.co;2-8

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