Category: Psychosocial

• An in-depth exploration of the post-test informational needs of BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variant carriers in Asia.
• Yuen J, Fung SM, Sia CL, Venkatramani M, Shaw T, Courtney E, Li ST, Chiang J, Tan VK, Tan BK, Ngeow J.
• Hered Cancer Clin Pract. 2020 Oct 23;18:22. doi: 10.1186/s13053-020-00154-x.

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• Group Therapy for Patients With Medical Illness.
• Leszcz M.
• Am J Psychother. 2020 Oct 22:appipsychotherapy20200005. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20200005. Epub ahead of print.

• PMID: 33086863
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• The factors associated with distress a minimum of six months after BRCA1/2 confirmation: A systematic review.
• Butler E, Collier S, Hevey D.
• J Psychosoc Oncol. 2020 Oct 22:1-27. doi: 10.1080/07347332.2020.1836109. Epub ahead of print.

• PMID: 33089755
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• Doing a Better Job at Reaching LatinX People and Families about Hereditary Cancer.
• Gómez Trillos S, Hurtado de Mendoza A.
• FORCE. Blog. 2020 Oct 21.

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• Testing a Best Practices Risk Result Format to Communicate Genetic Risks.
• Davis K, Roter DL, Schmidlen T, Scheinfeldt LB, Klein WMP.
• Patient Educ Couns. 2020 Oct 19:S0738-3991(20)305589. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.10.021. Epub ahead of print.

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• How Patients Deal with an Ambiguous Medical Test: Decision-Making after Genetic Testing.
• Scherra CL, Ramesh S, Getachew-Smith H, Kalke K, Ramsey K, Fischhoff B, Vadaparampil ST.
• Patient Educ Couns. 2020 Oct 18:S0738-3991(20)305577. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.10.020. Epub ahead of print.

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• Two-Stage Surgery to Reduce Ovarian Cancer Risk Piques Interest.
• Worcester S.
• Medscape. News & Perspective. 2020 Oct 16.

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Attitudes towards risk-reducing early salpingectomy with delayed oophorectomy for ovarian cancer prevention: a cohort study.

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• Ethical challenges of precision cancer medicine.
• Winkler EC, Knoppers BM.
• Semin Cancer Biol. 2020 Oct 9:S1044-579X(20)30201-7. doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.09.009. Epub ahead of print.

• PMID: 33045356
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• Astrophysics Meets Breast Cancer Advocacy.
• Nance S.
• FORCE. Blog. 2020 Oct 8.

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• Physicians communicating with women at genetic risk of breast and ovarian cancer: Are we in the middle of the ford between contradictory messages and unshared decision making?
• Fadda M, Chappuis PO, Katapodi MC, Pagani O, Monnerat C, Membrez V, Unger S, Caiata Zufferey M.
• PLoS One. 2020 Oct 8;15(10):e0240054. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240054.

• PMID: 33031463
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• Celebrities Share Their Breast Cancer Stories.
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• My Gene Counsel. Genetic Journal. 2020 Oct 7.

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• Young women's decision-making and experience of using tamoxifen to reduce BRCA1/2 breast cancer risk: a qualitative study.
• Forrest LE, Shepherd RF, Young MA, Keogh LA, James PA.
• Psychooncology. 2020 Oct 1. doi: 10.1002/pon.5556. Epub ahead of print.

• PMID: 33006205
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• To Have or Not To Have Genetic Testing?
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• My Gene Counsel. Genetic Journal Blog. 2020 Sep 29.

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• Bioethics and healthcare policies. The benefit of using genetic tests of BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 in elderly patients.
• Fonseca V, Caeiro J.
• Int J Health Plann Manage. 2020 Sep 25. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3072. Epub ahead of print.

• PMID: 32978840
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• "I think that a brief conversation from their provider can go a very long way": Patient and provider perspectives on barriers and facilitators of genetic testing after ovarian cancer.
• Mallen AR, Conley CC, Fuzzell L, Ketcher D, Augusto BM, McIntyre M, Barton LV, Townsend MK, Fridley BL, Tworoger SS, Wenham RM, Vadaparampil ST.
• Support Care Cancer. 2020 Sep 25. doi: 10.1007/s00520-020-05779-1. Epub ahead of print.

• PMID: 32975643
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