Decisions about prophylactic gynecologic surgery: a qualitative study of the experience of female Lynch syndrome mutation carriers

BACKGROUND: Women who carry a mutation for Lynch syndrome face complex decisions regarding strategies for managing their increased cancer risks. At present, there is limited understanding of the factors influencing women’s prophylactic surgery decisions. METHODS: As part of an exploratory pilot proj...

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Autores principales: Etchegary, Holly, Dicks, Elizabeth, Watkins, Kathy, Alani, Sabrina, Dawson, Lesa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4371629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25806095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13053-015-0031-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4371629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25806095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13053-015-0031-4

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