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Accommodating risk: responses to BRCA1/2 genetic testing of women who have had cancer.

Social science & medicine (1982) - 1 Aug 2004

Hallowell N, Foster C, Eeles R, Ardern-Jones A, Watson M

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The relationship between risk awareness and anxiety has been the subject of extensive theoretical debate and empirical research. Previous studies of women with a family history of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer suggest that both healthy at-risk women and former cancer patients report increased anxiety upon learning about their increased risks of developing these diseases. Indeed, anxiety about genetic risks...

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PMID: 15144764
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.11.025

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