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Prognostic Factors for Distress After Genetic Testing for Hereditary Cancer.

Journal of genetic counseling - 1 Jun 2016

Voorwinden Jan S, Jaspers Jan P C

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The psychological impact of an unfavorable genetic test result for counselees at risk for hereditary cancer seems to be limited: only 10-20 % of counselees have psychological problems after testing positive for a known familial mutation. The objective of this study was to find prognostic factors that can predict which counselees are most likely to develop psychological problems after presymptomatic genetic...

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PMID: 26475052
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-015-9894-9
PMCID: PMC4868861

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