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Risk perception and psychological strain in women with a family history of breast cancer.

Onkologie - 1 Oct 2001

Neise C, Rauchfuss M, Paepke S, Beier K, Lichtenegger W

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BACKGROUND: The thinking in health psychology is that patients' willingness to adopt preventive health behavior is contingent on their perceiving an increased risk of disease and is influenced by accompanying psychological stress. In counseling women with a family history of breast cancer, physicians focus on encouraging the patient to undergo early detection examinations as recommended. Therefore, it is...

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PMID: 11694774
DOI: 10.1159/000055128

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