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Attitude towards genetic testing for breast cancer susceptibility: a comparison of affected and unaffected women.

European journal of cancer care - 1 May 2010

Bruno M, Digennaro M, Tommasi S, Stea B, Danese T, Schittulli F, Paradiso A

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The objective of this study is to evaluate women's awareness and interest in genetic testing for breast cancer risk, to identify socio-demographic factors, to analyse the reasons for wanting or not wanting to be tested and finally to determine whether breast cancer patients and healthy women have different attitudes towards genetic testing. Consecutive series of 879 women without and with breast cancer...

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PMID: 19912305
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2009.01067.x

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