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Acceptance of preventive surgeries by Israeli women who had undergone BRCA testing.

Familial cancer - 1 Jan 2006

Kram Vardit, Peretz Tamar, Sagi Michal

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Using a specially constructed questionnaire, the effect of BRCA test results for the Jewish founder mutations and genetic counseling on women's attitudes towards and acceptance of preventive surgeries was evaluated. The subjects consisted of 99 women 43% of whom were found to be carriers as opposed to 57%--non-carriers. After learning of their genetic status, 94% of the carriers and 28% of the non-carriers...

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PMID: 16724248
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-006-0002-z

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