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Living with genetic test results for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.

Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing - 1 Jan 2009

Hamilton Rebekah, Williams Janet K, Skirton Heather, Bowers Barbara J

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PURPOSE: To examine adaptation by nonsymptomatic individuals who knew the results of a genetic test for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) for at least 4 years. DESIGN: Longitudinal grounded theory study. METHODS: Follow-up interviews after a 3- to 4-year interval were conducted by telephone or e-mail with seven asymptomatic participants originally recruited for an earlier study of genetic testing...

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PMID: 19723276
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2009.01279.x

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