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[Psychological and familial aspects of the familial breast and ovarian cancer genetic counseling process].
Harefuah - 1 Jan 2014
Flugelman Anath, Rennert Gad, Eidelman Shmuel
Abstract excerpt
Breast cancer is the most prevalent malignancy among women, whilst ovarian cancer is less common but carries a graver prognosis. Carriers of the BRCA mutations have a few-fold higher risk for those diseases. Genetic counseling for the families at risk has been available for almost two decades, since the definition of the mutation. The existence of the deleterious mutation has implications beyond the individual...
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