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Family system characteristics and psychological adjustment to cancer susceptibility genetic testing: a prospective study.

Clinical genetics - 1 Jan 2007

van Oostrom I, Meijers-Heijboer H, Duivenvoorden H J, Bröcker-Vriends A H J T, van Asperen C J, Sijmons R H, Seynaeve C, van Gool A R, Klijn J G M, Tibben A

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This study examined prospectively the contribution of family functioning, differentiation to parents, family communication and support from relatives to psychological distress in individuals undergoing genetic susceptibility testing for a known familial pathogenic BRCA1/2 or Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer-related mutation. Family functioning, differentiation to parents, hereditary cancer-related family...

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PMID: 17204044
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00731.x

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