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Understanding personal genetic risk for familial breast cancer eases anxieties

Services that help women understand the way that their inherited genetic make-up influences their risk of getting breast cancer ease distress and decrease their levels of cancer worry. There is, however, insufficient evidence to make recommendations about the best way of delivering these services.

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