BRCA Previvors: Medical and Social Factors That Differentiate Them From Previvors With Other Hereditary Cancers
In this paper, I outline some of the reasons why BRCA “previvors” (i.e., “survivors of a predisposition to cancer”) are different from previvors with other hereditary cancers. I examine how the absence of a standard of care for breast cancer risk for women with a BRCA mutation, coupled with a broad...
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BioéthiqueOnline
2017-04-01
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Online Access: | http://bioethiqueonline.ca/6/4 |