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The Impact of Angelina Jolie (AJ)'s Story on Genetic Referral and Testing at an Academic Cancer Centre in Canada.

Journal of genetic counseling - 1 Dec 2016

Raphael Jacques, Verma Sunil, Hewitt Paul, Eisen Andrea

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In May 2013, Angelina Jolie revealed to the media that she had undergone preventive double mastectomy after testing positive for a BRCA1 gene mutation. Media coverage has been extensive, but it is not clear how such a personal story affected the public and cancer genetics clinics. We conducted a retrospective review using data from the clinical database of the Familial Cancer Program at our centre. The impact of...

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PMID: 27228984
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-016-9973-6

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