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Knowledge, attitudes, and clinical experience of physicians regarding preimplantation genetic diagnosis for hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes.
Familial cancer - 1 Sept 2010
Brandt Amanda C, Tschirgi Matthew L, Ready Kaylene J, Sun Charlotte, Darilek Sandra, Hecht Jacqueline, Arun Banu K, Lu Karen H
Abstract excerpt
Approximately 5-10% of cancers are caused by an inherited predisposition. Individuals affected by hereditary cancer are often concerned about transmitting a predisposition to cancer to their children. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is a technology that allows embryos without a deleterious mutation associated with a hereditary cancer syndrome to be identified and implanted. The aim of this study is to...
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