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The Angelina effect: immediate reach, grasp, and impact of going public.

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Jul 2014

Borzekowski Dina L G, Guan Yue, Smith Katherine C, Erby Lori H, Roter Debra L

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BACKGROUND: In May 2013, Angelina Jolie revealed in a New York Times opinion piece that she had undergone a preventive double mastectomy because she had a family history of cancer and carried a rare mutation of the BRCA1 gene. Media coverage has been extensive, but it is not obvious what messages the public took from this personal health story. METHODS: We conducted a survey with a representative national online...

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PMID: 24357847
DOI: 10.1038/gim.2013.181

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