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Mammography behavior after receiving a negative BRCA1 mutation test result in the Ashkenazim: a community-based study.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Plon S E, Peterson L E, Friedman L C, Richards C S
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PURPOSE: To define the impact of a negative BRCA1 test result on subsequent breast cancer screening behavior in women. METHODS: Longitudinal study of a community-based sample of Ashkenazi Jews offered testing for the 185delAG BRCA1 mutation in 1996. Of 309 participants, 118 women were mutation negative, of average risk (based on family history of cancer), unaffected with breast cancer, and provided complete data...
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