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Predictors of long-term cancer-related distress among female BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers without a cancer diagnosis: an international analysis.
British journal of cancer - 1 Jul 2020
Metcalfe Kelly A, Price Melanie A, Mansfield Carol, Hallett David C, Lindeman Geoffrey J, Fairchild Angie, Posner Joshua, Friedman Sue, Snyder Carrie, Lynch Henry T, Evans D Gareth, Narod Steven A, Liede Alexander
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BACKGROUND: Women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation have high lifetime risks of developing breast and ovarian cancers. We sought to estimate the prevalence of cancer-related distress and to identify predictors of distress in an international sample of unaffected women with a BRCA mutation. METHODS: Women with a BRCA1/2 mutation and no previous cancer diagnosis were recruited from the United States, Canada, the...
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