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Time to decide about risk-reducing mastectomy: A case series of BRCA1/2 gene mutation carriers

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this research was to explore women's decision-making experiences related to the option of risk-reducing mastectomy (RM), using a case series of three women who are carriers of a BRCA1/2 gene mutation. METHODS: Data was collected in a pilot study that assessed the resp...

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Autores principales: McCullum, Mary, Bottorff, Joan L, Kelly, Mary, Kieffer, Stephanie A, Balneaves, Lynda G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1829393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17341306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-7-3