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Descriptive study on subjective experience of genetic testing with respect to relationship, family planning and psychosocial wellbeing among women with lynch syndrome
BACKGROUND: Due to increased risk of endometrial and ovarian cancer, women belonging to known Lynch Syndrome (LS) families are recommended to undergo germline testing. Current practice in Finland is to offer counselling to women with pathogenic variant and advocate risk-reducing surgery (RRS) after...
Autores principales: | Kalamo, Mari, Mäenpää, Johanna, Seppälä, Toni, Mecklin, Jukka-Pekka, Pylvänäinen, Kirsi, Staff, Synnöve |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8439070/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34521458 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13053-021-00194-x |
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