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Genetic testing and breast cancer: the women's point of view.

Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Jan 2004

Mosconi P, Leccese A

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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Western countries (130,000 cases per year in Europe) and accounts for 20-25% of all malignancies in European women. In the past few years medical journals have focused greater attention on the quality and quantity of information provided to consumers; there is a general consensus amongst physicians on the importance of having better informed consumers. This...

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PMID: 15280186
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdh656

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