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Patient perspectives on variant reclassification after cancer susceptibility testing.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 Jul 2020
Halverson Colin M E, Connors Laurie M, Wessinger Bronson C, Clayton Ellen W, Wiesner Georgia L
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BACKGROUND: Little is known about the impact of reclassification on patients' perception of medical uncertainty or trust in genetics-based clinical care. METHODS: Semistructured telephone interviews were conducted with 20 patients who had received a reclassified genetic test result related to hereditary cancer. All participants had undergone genetic counseling and testing for cancer susceptibility at...
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