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Quantifying family dissemination and identifying barriers to communication of risk information in Australian BRCA families.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Dec 2017
Healey Emma, Taylor Natalie, Greening Sian, Wakefield Claire E, Warwick Linda, Williams Rachel, Tucker Kathy
Abstract excerpt
PurposeRecommendations for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers to disseminate information to at-risk relatives pose significant challenges. This study aimed to quantify family dissemination, to explain the differences between fully informed families (all relatives informed verbally or in writing) and partially informed families (at least one relative uninformed), and to identify dissemination barriers.MethodsBRCA1...
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