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Young Women's Perspectives on Being Screened for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk During Routine Primary Care.
Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health - 1 Jan 2000
Head Mady, Cohn Betty, Wernli Karen J, Palazzo Lorella, Ehrlich Kelly, Matson Abigail, Knerr Sarah
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PURPOSE: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening women to identify individuals eligible for genetic counseling based on a priori hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome (HBOC) risk (i.e., risk assessment). However, risk assessment has not been widely integrated into primary care. This qualitative study explored young women's views on implementing routine HBOC risk assessment with a...
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