Familial breast cancer: less emotional distress in adult daughters if they provide emotional support to their affected mother.

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Associations of characteristics of the cancer context (residence with the mother, age at mother's cancer diagnosis or death, recency of mother's diagnosis or death) and the familial cancer experience (engagement in caregiving, emotional support receipt and provision during the mother's illness) with psychological adjustment were studied cross-sectionally in women at high risk for breast cancer (n = 147)....

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