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Cancer Risk Awareness and Concern among Women with a Family History of Breast or Ovarian Cancer.

Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.) - 1 Jan 2016

Andersen M Robyn, Thorpe Jason, Buist Diana S M, Beatty J David, Watabayashi Kate, Hanson Nancy, Resta Robert, Chubak Jessica, Urban Nicole

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Women with a documented deleterious mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 are at substantially elevated risk for ovarian cancer. To understand what percentage of women with high-risk family histories know their risk is elevated we surveyed 1,885 women with a high- or moderate-risk family history and no personal history of breast or ovarian cancer, and asked about their perceived risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Among...

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PMID: 25062114
DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2014.947234
PMCID: PMC4469617

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