Thursday, 16 August 2012

Breast Cancer Patients Benefit From Pre-Test Genetic Counseling

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have found that when breast cancer patients are offered pre-test genetic counseling before definitive breast cancer surgery, patients exhibited decreases in distress. Those offered pre-test genetic counseling after surgery improved their informed decision-making. Patients in both groups showed increases in their cancer knowledge with pre-test genetic counseling. The study, supported in party by the American Cancer Society (MRSG CPPB-111062), appeared in a recent issue of the Annals of Surgical Oncology... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..

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