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Danger Zones: Risk Perceptions of Young Women From Families With Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cance...

Danger Zones: Risk Perceptions of Young Women From Families With Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cance...

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Danger Zones: Risk Perceptions of Young Women From Families With Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer

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Danger Zones: Risk Perceptions of Young Women From Families With Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer

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Publisher

Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Inc

Journal title

Family process, 2007-09, Vol.46 (3), p.335-349

Language

English

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Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Inc

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Contents

Genetic testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) is predictive, not prophetic. Families frequently rely on multigenerational stories to make sense of the inherent ambiguity as they face medical decisions and navigate life's journeys. This study asks young women with elevated genetic risk how family histories with cancer and experienc...

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Danger Zones: Risk Perceptions of Young Women From Families With Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68326576

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68326576

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ISSN

0014-7370

E-ISSN

1545-5300

DOI

10.1111/j.1545-5300.2007.00215.x

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