The impact of receiving genetic test results on general and cancer‐specific psychologic distress among members of an African‐American kindred with a <i>BRCA1</i> mutation

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BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have examined short-term and long-term psychologic responses to genetic testing for breast/ovarian carcinoma susceptibility in clinic samples and among families who participated in genetic linkage studies. However, to the authors' knowledge, the vast majority of studies focused on non-Latino whites and women. In this prospective study, the authors investigated the psychologic impact...

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