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Genetic counseling in hereditary breast/ovarian cancer in Israel: psychosocial impact and retention of genetic information.

American journal of medical genetics - 1 Aug 2002

DiCastro Michal, Frydman Moshe, Friedman Irit, Shiri-Sverdlov Ronit, Papa Moshe Z, Goldman Boleslaw, Friedman Eitan

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Genetic counseling for individuals at high risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer (oncogenetic counseling) involves evaluation of cancer risk, psychological assessment, and genetic testing for germline mutations in BRCA1/BRCA2 genes. The long-term psychosocial impact of oncogenetic counseling on consultees and the retention of oncogenetic information are uncertain. We retrospectively interviewed 155 women...

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PMID: 12210341
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10550

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