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Healthy women from suspected hereditary breast and ovarian cancer families: the significant others in their lives.

European journal of cancer care - 1 May 2004

Kenen R, Arden-Jones A, Eeles R

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This paper investigates communication and interactions between healthy women from families with a history of breast/ovarian cancer and five statuses of significant others: (1) women friends; (2) sisters; (3) brothers; (4) male partners; and (5) children in order to better understand the way the family deals with cancer genetics risk information and the extent of social support available to its members. We...

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PMID: 15115473
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2004.00460.x

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