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Cognitive and psychological impact of BRCA genetic counseling in before and after definitive surgery breast cancer patients.
Annals of surgical oncology - 1 Dec 2012
Christie Juliette, Quinn Gwendolyn P, Malo Teri, Lee Ji-Hyun, Zhao Xiuhua, McIntyre Jessica, Brzosowicz Jennifer, Jacobsen Paul B, Vadaparampil Susan T
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PURPOSE: To examine changes in cancer-related knowledge, distress, and decisional conflict from pre- to post-genetic counseling (GC) in before (BDS) and after (ADS) definitive surgery breast cancer (BC) patients. METHODS: Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were collected at baseline; primary outcome data were collected before (T1) and after (T2) pretest GC. Within group changes for cancer-related...
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