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Early use of clinical <i>BRCA1/2</i> testing: Associations with race and breast cancer risk

7 Oct 2002

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When BRCA1/2 testing became commercially available in 1996, many U.S. experts voiced concern about the potential for indiscriminate use of testing among low-risk women. Supporting this concern, several early surveys of interest in genetic testing suggested that genetic testing for cancer susceptibility might appeal most to individuals at low risk of carrying a mutation. To identify factors associated with early...

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PMID: 12567413
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.10928

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