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Peer support and additional information in group medical consultations (GMCs) for BRCA1/2 mutation carriers: A randomized controlled trial.
Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) - 1 Jan 2016
Visser Annemiek, van Laarhoven Hanneke W M, Woldringh Gwendolyn H, Hoogerbrugge Nicoline, Prins Judith B
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BACKGROUND: Group medical consultations (GMCs) provide individual medical visits in the presence of ≤ 7 peer- patients. This study evaluated the efficacy of GMCs in the yearly breast cancer surveillance of BRCA mutation carriers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This randomized controlled trial compared GMCs (intervention group, n = 63) with individual medical visits (control group, n = 59). Between-group differences on the...
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