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"When information is not enough": A model for understanding BRCA-positive previvors' information needs regarding hereditary breast and ovarian cancer risk.

Patient education and counseling - 1 Sept 2017

Dean Marleah, Scherr Courtney L, Clements Meredith, Koruo Rachel, Martinez Jennifer, Ross Amy

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate BRCA-positive, unaffected patients' - referred to as previvors - information needs after testing positive for a deleterious BRCA genetic mutation. METHODS: 25 qualitative interviews were conducted with previvors. Data were analyzed using the constant comparison method of grounded theory. RESULTS: Analysis revealed a theoretical model of previvors' information needs related to the stage...

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PMID: 28385363
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2017.03.013

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