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Attitudes toward childbearing and prenatal testing in individuals undergoing genetic testing for Lynch syndrome.

Familial cancer - 1 Sept 2011

Dewanwala Akriti, Chittenden Anu, Rosenblatt Margery, Mercado Rowena, Garber Judy E, Syngal Sapna, Stoffel Elena M

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To examine attitudes toward childbearing and prenatal genetic testing among individuals at risk for Lynch syndrome (LS), the most common type of hereditary colorectal cancer. Individuals undergoing clinical genetic testing for mismatch repair (MMR) gene mutations completed written questionnaires before and after testing. 161 of 192 (84%) eligible individuals participated in the study. Mean age was 46 years (range...

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PMID: 21567236
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-011-9448-8
PMCID: PMC3233843

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