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Diagnostics
Australian study finds women reluctant to learn BRCA1/2 status
March 10th, 2005
At-risk women in a study by University of Melbourne epidemiologists were reluctant to learn their BRCA1/2 gene mutation status. According to L.A. Keogh and colleagues, "Research on the utilization of genetic testing services for mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 has focused on women with a strong family history of breast and ovarian cancer. "We conducted a population-based, case-control-family study of Australian women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer before age 40 years, unselected for family history, and tested for germ line mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2." The researchers explained, "Case subjects found to carry a deleterious...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-03-10)
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