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The positive impact of cancer genetic counseling on patients from an underserved region in Brazil

2023-03-13

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<h4>Introduction: </h4> Genetic counseling (GC) has become a pivotal health service to manage high-risk patients with hereditary cancer. Brazil is a continental country with an admixture population that is suggested to have a high internal genetic variation. Here we describe the impact of GC in an underdeveloped area of Brazil which offered GC for hereditary cancer for the past 10 years. <h4>Methods:</h4> Retrospe...

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DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2662536/v1

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