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Cost of genetic counseling and testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast cancer susceptibility mutations.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 May 2001
Lawrence W F, Peshkin B N, Liang W, Isaacs C, Lerman C, Mandelblatt J S
Abstract excerpt
Counseling and predictive testing are now available for the recently isolated BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast cancer susceptibility genes. We examined the societal costs of providing this counseling and testing to women at risk of having a breast cancer susceptibility mutation. Genetic counselors in a research program prospectively monitored the time necessary to provide counseling and results disclosure. A time-motion...
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