The impact of an interventional counselling procedure in families with a BRCA1/2 gene mutation: efficacy and safety

Conclusions: A protocol directly informing relatives nearly doubles the number of relatives tested and is psychologically safe. This should lead to a change in counselling guidelines in families with a strong germline predisposition for cancer.

http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10689-015-9854-4

Source: Familial Cancer - January 9, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research