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Psychological distress in women at risk for hereditary breast cancer: the role of family communication and perceived social support.
Psycho-oncology - 1 Dec 2011
den Heijer Mariska, Seynaeve Caroline, Vanheusden Kathleen, Duivenvoorden Hugo J, Bartels Carina C M, Menke-Pluymers Marian B E, Tibben Aad
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BACKGROUND: Hereditary breast cancer has a profound impact on individual family members and on their mutual communication and interactions. The way at-risk women cope with the threat of hereditary breast cancer may depend on the quality of family communication about hereditary breast cancer and on the perceived social support from family and friends. OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations of family communication...
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