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Patients' attitudes about autonomy and confidentiality in genetic testing for breast-ovarian cancer susceptibility

19 Dec 1997

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The identification of BRCA1 and BRCA2, two breast-ovarian cancer susceptibility genes, has brought many ethical and social issues to the forefront. This paper presents the results of a survey assessing the attitudes of 238 unaffected first-degree relatives of women with breast or ovarian cancer regarding the ethical issues of autonomy and confidentiality as they relate to BRCA1/2 testing. Baseline knowledge about...

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PMID: 9415688
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19971219)73:3<296::aid-ajmg13>3.0.co;2-e

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