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Cancer risk management practices of noncarriers within BRCA1/2 mutation positive families in the Kathleen Cuningham Foundation Consortium for Research into Familial Breast Cancer.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 10 Jan 2008
Dawson Sarah-Jane, Price Melanie A, Jenkins Mark A, McKinley Joanne M, Butow Phyllis N, McLachlan Sue-Anne, Lindeman Geoffrey J, Weideman Prue, Friedlander Michael L, Hopper John L, Phillips Kelly-Anne
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Women from BRCA mutation-positive families who do not carry the family-specific mutation are generally at average cancer risk and therefore do not require intensive risk management. METHODS: Participants were female noncarriers from BRCA mutation-positive families who had responded to 3 yearly follow-up questionnaires and had chosen to either receive or not receive their genetic test result. In the...
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