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SUBMITTER: Andersen MR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4469617 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan-Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.) 20141103 1
Women with a documented deleterious mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 are at substantially elevated risk for ovarian cancer. To understand what percentage of women with high-risk family histories know their risk is elevated we surveyed 1,885 women with a high- or moderate-risk family history and no personal history of breast or ovarian cancer, and asked about their perceived risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Among high-risk women, fewer than 20% reported use of genetic counseling, and knowledge of ele ...[more]