Information needs about hereditary breast cancer among women with early-onset breast cancer

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 345-352

  Cohn, Wendy F ^a   Ropka, Mary E ^a   Jones, Susan M ^b   Miesfeldt, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Education; Hereditary breast cancer; Information needs; Information sources

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242657664     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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