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College of New Jersey
Coping strategies help healthy women face breast, ovarian cancer risk
January 14th, 2004
Women used various coping strategies in order to 'get on with their lives' in the face of cancer risk. According to a study from the United States, "This paper investigates how healthy women with a family history of breast/ovarian cancer live with their heightened awareness of risk, and introduces a chronic risk perspective for studying this topic. "Healthy women from these at-risk families and individuals suffering from a chronic illness address many of the same issues concerning adaptation to biographical disruption and an uncertain future. We report on risk perception, family history, life stages, biographical interruptions, and the women's...
Source: Biotech Week (2004-01-14)
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