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Breast Cancer
Psychosocial telephone counseling not a hit with BRCA mutation carriers
July 30th, 2004
Women who carry BRCA1/2 gene mutations were significantly less likely to complete a psychosocial telephone counseling intervention than controls, report psychiatrists at the University of Pennsylvania. "Although adjunctive educational and psychosocial programs are now being developed for BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) mutation carriers, limited information is available about whether mutation carriers will want to receive such programs or about the characteristics of individuals who participate," said C.H. Halbert and colleagues. To amend this, the UPenn team conducted a study to determine the rates at which BRCA1/2 mutation carriers would complete a...
Source: Genomics & Genetics Weekly (2004-07-30)
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