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Practice Guideline
. 2013 Apr;22(2):155-63.
doi: 10.1007/s10897-012-9547-1. Epub 2012 Nov 28.

NSGC practice guideline: risk assessment and genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

Janice L Berliner  1 , Angela Musial Fay, Shelly A Cummings, Brittany Burnett, Todd Tillmanns
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Practice Guideline

NSGC practice guideline: risk assessment and genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

Janice L Berliner et al. J Genet Couns. 2013 Apr.

Abstract

The purpose of this document is to present a current and comprehensive set of practice recommendations for effective genetic cancer risk assessment, counseling and testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. The intended audience is genetic counselors and other health professionals who care for individuals with, or at increased risk of, hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer.

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