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Study on the psychosocial aspects of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers in Japan: a preliminary report.
Japanese journal of clinical oncology - 1 Mar 2016
Shigehiro Mika, Kita Mizuho, Takeuchi Sayoko, Ashihara Yuumi, Arai Masami, Okamura Hitoshi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the psychosocial aspects of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy in Japan. METHODS: The subjects were 16 patients who underwent risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy at the Cancer Institute Hospital. Worry about cancer, emotional state and cancer-specific distress level were evaluated using a four-point Likert scale, the Profile of Mood States-Short Form and the Impact of Event...
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