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Implementation of a breast cancer genetic service in South Africa - lessons learned.
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde - 25 Jun 2013
Schoeman Mardelle, Apffelstaedt Justus P, Baatjes Karin, Urban Michael
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BACKGROUND: Genetic testing for BRCA mutations has been available in the Western Cape of South Africa since 2005, but practical implementation of genetic counselling and testing has been challenging. OBJECTIVE: To describe an approach to breast cancer genetic counselling and testing developed in a resource-constrained environment at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, Western Cape. METHODS: Genetic counselling is...
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