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Ownership of uncertainty: healthcare professionals counseling and treating women from hereditary breast and ovarian cancer families who receive an inconclusive BRCA1/2 genetic test result.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Apr 2011
Kenen Regina, Ardern-Jones Audrey, Lynch Elly, Eeles Rosalind
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AIM: The aim of this study was to understand more fully how healthcare professionals deal with the uncertainty intrinsic in counseling and treating women from hereditary breast/ovarian cancer families who receive inconclusive BRCA1/2 genetic test results (genetic tests that do not find a mutation to account for the family history). METHODS: We conducted a small, qualitative, exploratory study using open-ended...
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