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A qualitative study of barriers to genetic counseling and potential for mobile technology education among women with ovarian cancer

4 Jul 2018

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BACKGROUND: National guidelines recommend genetic counseling for all ovarian cancer patients because up to 20% of ovarian cancers are thought to be due to hereditary cancer syndromes and effective cancer screening and prevention options exist for at-risk family members. Despite these recommendations, uptake of genetic counselling and testing is low. The goal of this study was to identify barriers to and...

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PMID: 29997716
DOI: 10.1186/s13053-018-0095-z

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