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[Psychosocial counseling after diagnosis for non-carriers of hereditary breast cancer or ovarian cancer; is it needed?].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 9 Dec 2000
van der Linden M H
Abstract excerpt
In 4 women, aged 29, 44, 51 and 63 years, from families with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (BRCA1 and BRCA2), DNA testing had shown that they were non-carriers of a genetic mutation. They were invited for a study of what this finding meant to them. Two of them had no problems and 2 experienced psychological problems such as guilt feelings and distress from changed future perspectives. Psychosocial care was...
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