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Implementation and evaluation of a nurse-led decision-coaching program for healthy breast cancer susceptibility gene (BRCA1/2) mutation carriers: a study protocol for the randomized controlled EDCP-BRCA study.
Trials - 8 Jun 2020
Isselhard A, Töpper M, Berger-Höger B, Steckelberg A, Fischer H, Vitinius F, Beifus K, Köberlein-Neu J, Wiedemann R, Rhiem K, Schmutzler R, Stock S
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BACKGROUND: Female BRCA mutation carriers have an increased lifetime risk for breast and ovarian cancer compared to the general population. Women who carry this mutation have several options to deal with their cancer risk, such as risk-reducing surgeries or intensified breast cancer screening. Previous research has shown that preferences in this scenario are highly dependent on affected women's personalities and...
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