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BRCA1/2 test results impact risk management attitudes, intentions, and uptake.

Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Dec 2010

O'Neill Suzanne C, Valdimarsdottir Heiddis B, Demarco Tiffani A, Peshkin Beth N, Graves Kristi D, Brown Karen, Hurley Karen E, Isaacs Claudine, Hecker Sharon, Schwartz Marc D

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Women who receive positive or uninformative BRCA1/2 test results face a number of decisions about how to manage their cancer risk. The purpose of this study was to prospectively examine the effect of receiving a positive versus uninformative BRCA1/2 genetic test result on the perceived pros and cons of risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM) and risk-reducing oophorectomy (RRO) and breast cancer screening. We further...

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PMID: 20383578
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-010-0881-4
PMCID: PMC3039480

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