Assessment and counseling for women with a family history of breast cancer. A guide for clinicians.

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Assessment and counseling for women with a family history of breast cancer. A guide for clinicians.

JAMA - 15 Feb 1995

Hoskins K F, Stopfer J E, Calzone K A, Merajver S D, Rebbeck T R, Garber J E, Weber B L

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More women in all risk categories are seeking information regarding their individual breast cancer risk, and there is a need for their primary care clinicians to be able to assess familial risk factors for breast cancer, provide individualized risk information, and offer surveillance recommendati...

Topics

BRCA1 Protein
Breast Neoplasms
Causality
Counseling
DNA
Female
Genetic Testing
Humans
Mutation
Neoplasm Proteins
Pedigree
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Assessment
Transcription Factors
United States

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