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    • Review
    • Genetics of Breast and Gynecologic Cancers (PDQ®): Health Professional Version. Psychosocial Issues in Inherited Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndromes. Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Risk Management for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer. Uptake of cancer risk management options.
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    • Management of Breast Cancer Risk in Women with Ovarian Cancer and Deleterious BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutations.
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    • Gamble C, Havrilesky LJ, Myers ER, Chino JP, Hollenbeck S, Plichta JK, Kelly Marcom P, Shelley Hwang E, Kauff ND, Greenup RA.
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    • Gilbert E, Zabor EC, Stempel M, Mangino D, Heerdt A, Pilewskie M.
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    • Clinical Decision-Making in Patients with Variant of Uncertain Significance in BRCA1 or BRCA2 Genes.
    • Welsh JL, Hoskin TL, Day CN, Thomas AS, Cogswell JA, Couch FJ, Boughey JC.
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    • Multi-institutional Evaluation of Women at High Risk of Developing Breast Cancer.
    • Hermel DJ, Wood ME, Chun J, Rounds T, Sands M, Schwartz S, Schnabel FR.
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    • A Psychological Perspective on Factors Predicting Prophylactic Salpingo-Oophorectomy in a Sample of Italian Women from the General Population. Results from a Hypothetical Study in the Context of BRCA Mutations.
    • Gavaruzzi T, Tasso A, Franiuk M, Varesco L, Lotto L.
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    • Preferences for breast cancer risk reduction among BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers: a discrete-choice experiment.
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    • The effect of a celebrity health disclosure on demand for health care: trends in BRCA testing and subsequent health services use.
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    • Decision making for breast cancer prevention among women at elevated risk.
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