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Cognitive and emotional factors predicting decisional conflict among high-risk breast cancer survivors who receive uninformative BRCA1/2 results.
Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association - 1 Sept 2009
Rini Christine, O'Neill Suzanne C, Valdimarsdottir Heiddis, Goldsmith Rachel E, Jandorf Lina, Brown Karen, DeMarco Tiffani A, Peshkin Beth N, Schwartz Marc D
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate high-risk breast cancer survivors' risk reduction decision making and decisional conflict after an uninformative BRCA1/2 test. DESIGN: Prospective, longitudinal study of 182 probands undergoing BRCA1/2 testing, with assessments 1-, 6-, and 12-months postdisclosure. MEASURES: Primary predictors were health beliefs and emotional responses to testing assessed 1-month postdisclosure. Main...
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