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Patient and medical barriers preclude uptake of tamoxifen preventative therapy in women with a strong family history.
Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Apr 2017
Skandarajah Anita R, Thomas Susan, Shackleton Kylie, Chin-Lenn Laura, Lindeman Geoffrey J, Mann G Bruce
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To assess the eligibility, uptake and impediments to tamoxifen use in high-risk women attending a risk management clinic due to family history. PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients with a germline mutation in a cancer predisposing gene or at high genetic risk (based on family history) attending a Breast and Ovarian cancer risk management clinic from February 2014 to May 2015 received both verbal and written...
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