- Abstract:
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This paper explores patients' views and experiences of undergoing treatment-focused BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic testing (TFGT), either offered following triaging to clinical genetics (breast cancer) or as part of a mainstreamed care pathway in oncology (ovarian cancer). Drawing on 26 in-depth interviews with patients with breast or ovarian cancer who had undergone TFGT, this retrospective study examines patients' views of genetic testing at this point in their care pathway, focusing on issues, su...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Version:
- Publisher's Version
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Genetic Counseling Journal website
- Volume:
- 27
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 1459-1472
- Publication date:
- 2018-05-11
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-04-25
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1573-3599
- ISSN:
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1059-7700
- Pubs id:
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pubs:853118
- URN:
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uri:c8f027b3-b861-4a36-a52d-4a67988edc50
- UUID:
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uuid:c8f027b3-b861-4a36-a52d-4a67988edc50
- Local pid:
- pubs:853118
- Copyright holder:
- National Society of Genetic Counselors, Inc.
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- © 2018 National Society of Genetic Counselors, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Patients' views of treatment-focused genetic testing (TFGT): some lessons for the mainstreaming of BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing
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