Medical Decision Making among Individuals with a Variant of Uncertain Significance in a Hereditary Cancer Gene and those with a CHEK2 Pathogenic Variant
Despite national guidelines, women with a BRCA VUS or CHEK2 pathogenic variant are choosing to have risk-reducing surgeries such as bilateral mastectomies which are not aligned with their level of cancer risk based on genetic test results alone. Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted wi...
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Scholar Commons
2019
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| Online Access: | https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7726 https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8923&context=etd |