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Psychological distress related to BRCA testing in ovarian cancer patients.

Familial cancer - 1 Dec 2015

Bjørnslett Merete, Dahl Alv A, Sørebø Øystein, Dørum Anne

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An increasing demand for genetic testing has moved the procedure from highly selected at-risk individuals, now also including cancer patients for treatment associated testing. The heritable fraction of ovarian cancer is more than 10%, and our department has offered BRCA testing to such patients irrespective of family history since 2002. This study examined potential psychosocial distress associated with this...

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PMID: 25980896
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-015-9811-2

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