Psychosocial outcome and health behaviour intent of breast cancer patients with BRCA1/2 and PALB2 pathogenic variants unselected by a priori risk

• Main Authors: Padmanabhan, Heamanthaa, Hassan, Nur Tiara, Wong, Siu-Wan, Lee, Yong-Quan, Lim, Joanna, Hasan, Siti Norhidayu, Yip, Cheng-Har, Teo, Soo-Hwang, Thong, Meow-Keong, Mohd Taib, Nur Aishah, Yoon, Sook-Yee
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2022
• Subjects: RD Surgery; RJ Pediatrics
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/42350/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

There is an increasing number of cancer patients undertaking treatment-focused genetic testing despite not having a strong family history or high a priori risk of being carriers because of the decreasing cost of genetic testing and development of new therapies. There are limited studies on the psych...