Social and ethical implications of BRCA testing
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Social and ethical implications of BRCA testing.
Oncologists are asked with increasing frequency to counsel their patients with respect to the medical, psychological and social repercussions of genetic testing for cancer susceptibility that may have been prescribed by physicians or carried out through direct-to-consumer tests. This article critically reviews the main ethical and social implications of BRCA testing, focusing on genetic respons...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Oncology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0923-7534
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdq668