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Longitudinal Changes in Patient Distress following Interactive Decision Aid Use among BRCA1/2 Carriers
27 Sept 2010
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BACKGROUND: Increasingly, women with a strong family history of breast cancer are seeking genetic testing as a starting point to making significant decisions regarding management of their cancer risks. Individuals who are found to be carriers of a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation have a substantially elevated risk for breast cancer and are frequently faced with the decision of whether to undergo risk-reducing mastectomy....
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