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What you don't know can hurt you: adverse psychologic effects in members of BRCA1-linked and BRCA2-linked families who decline genetic testing.

1 May 1998

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PURPOSE: To identify members of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer families who are at risk for adverse psychologic effects of genetic testing. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A prospective cohort study with baseline (preeducation) assessments of predictor variables (ie, sociodemographic factors, cancer history, and cancer-related stress symptoms) was performed. The primary outcome variable (presence of depressive...

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PMID: 9586874
DOI: 10.1200/jco.1998.16.5.1650

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