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Family health beliefs and cascade genetic testing in Asian families with hereditary cancer risk: "Okay, now what?"
Journal of genetic counseling - 1 Feb 2025
Tran Leena, Young Jennifer L, Barton Claire M, Hodan Rachel, Hanson-Kahn Andrea, Chun Nicolette
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The limited literature on Asian family communication of hereditary cancer risk and cascade genetic testing for pathogenic variants (PVs) in BRCA1 and BRCA2 has reported that Asian patients have selective communication of test results and lower cascade testing rates. To better understand the factors that impact communication and cascade testing in Asian families, we conducted an in-depth qualitative study guided...
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