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Opening the psychological black box in genetic counseling. The psychological impact of DNA testing is predicted by the counselees' perception, the medical impact by the pathogenic or uninformative BRCA1/2-result.
Psycho-oncology - 1 Jan 2012
Vos Joël, Gómez-García Encarna, Oosterwijk Jan C, Menko Fred H, Stoel Reinoud D, van Asperen Christi J, Jansen Anna M, Stiggelbout Anne M, Tibben Aad
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BACKGROUND: It has been hypothesized that the Outcomes of DNA testing (O) are better predicted and/or mediated by the counselees' Perception P) than by the actually communicated genetic Information (I). In this study, we aimed at quantifying the effect that perception has in genetic counseling for hereditary breast/ovarian cancer. METHODS: Two hundred and four women, who had previously been tested for BRCA1/2,...
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