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Cancer worry in women with hereditary risk factors for breast cancer.

Oncology nursing forum - 1 Jan 2000

Loescher Lois J

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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To investigate symptom-based cancer worry in women who are at hereditary risk for breast cancer, specifically levels of worry, correlations of cancer worry, perceived cancer risk, and clinical signs or symptoms of breast cancer, as well as predictors of cancer worry. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, correlational. SETTING: Primarily the United States. SAMPLE: 200 women, aged 18-80, with no personal...

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PMID: 12949589
DOI: 10.1188/03.ONF.767-772

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