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Germline (Hereditary) Risk
Clinical journal of oncology nursing - 1 Dec 2021
Schmitt Mary L
Abstract excerpt
For germline (hereditary) risk, standards of care are based on emerging evidence-based practice. Cancer may affect any individual, but some people are at higher risk than others. The majority of cancer cases are sporadic, caused by DNA damage that may occur in one cell (not an egg or sperm) and accumulate over a lifetime. Hereditary predisposition to cancer is caused by pathogenic variants in certain...
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