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The withdrawal from oncogenetic counselling and testing for hereditary and familial breast and ovarian cancer. A descriptive study of an Italian sample.

Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR - 24 Nov 2008

Caruso Anita, Vigna Cristina, Maggi Gabriella, Sega Fabio Massimo, Cognetti Francesco, Savarese Antonella

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BACKGROUND: Oncogenetic counselling is seldom followed through, even when individuals are eligible according to the test criteria. The basic variables which influence the decision to undergo the genetic counselling process are: risk perception, expected benefit or limitations of genetic testing, general psychological distress or cancer-specific distress, lack of trust in one's emotional reactions when faced with...

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PMID: 19025627
DOI: 10.1186/1756-9966-27-75
PMCID: PMC2614969

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