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Psychosocial outcome and health behaviour intent of breast cancer patients with BRCA1/2 and PALB2 pathogenic variants unselected by a priori risk.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2022
Padmanabhan Heamanthaa, Hassan Nur Tiara, Wong Siu-Wan, Lee Yong-Quan, Lim Joanna, Hasan Siti Norhidayu, Yip Cheng-Har, Teo Soo-Hwang, Thong Meow-Keong, Mohd Taib Nur Aishah, Yoon Sook-Yee
Abstract excerpt
There is an increasing number of cancer patients undertaking treatment-focused genetic testing despite not having a strong family history or high a priori risk of being carriers because of the decreasing cost of genetic testing and development of new therapies. There are limited studies on the psychosocial outcome of a positive result among breast cancer patients who are at low a priori risk, particularly in...
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