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Acceptance for preventive genetic testing and prophylactic surgery in women with a family history of breast and gynaecological cancers.

European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) - 1 Dec 2006

Ackermann Sven, Lux Michael Patrick, Fasching Peter Andreas, Strissl Pamela, Renner Stefan Peter, Poehls Uwe, Bender Hans-Georg, Beckmann Matthias Wilhelm

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The fear of family members of patients with breast or gynaecologic cancer of developing a similar disease is often high. We investigated the acceptance for genetic testing of untested women with a positive family history and their attitude for prophylactic surgery. A total of 659 women with a familial history of breast or gynaecologic cancer were asked to answer a questionnaire regarding their interest in genetic...

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PMID: 17106324
DOI: 10.1097/01.cej.0000220628.62610.ea

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