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Specialty Care and Counselling about Hereditary Cancer Risk Improves Adherence to Cancer Screening and Prevention in Newfoundland and Labrador Patients with <em>BRCA1/2</em> Pathogenic Variants: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study
2023-09-19
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BRCA1 and 2 pathogenic variants increase lifetime risks of breast (50-75%) and ovarian cancer (15-20%). Guidelines recommend breast screening (MRI and mammogram) or risk-reducing mastectomy with salpingo-oophorectomy for ovarian cancer prevention. We sought to 1) characterize the population of BRCA1/2 carriers in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) 2) evaluate risk-reducing interventions 3) identify factors influencing...
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- f1e7bba4-6767-5655-9c32-56becce2406a
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- 10.20944/preprints202309.1207.v1
