BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Testing in Young Women With Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

BRCA testing is recommended for young women diagnosed as having breast cancer, but little is known about decisions surrounding testing and how results may influence treatment decisions in young patients.

Objectives

To describe the use of BRCA testing and to evaluate how concerns about genetic risk and use of genetic information affect subsequent treatment decisions in young women with breast cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional analysis of data collected following the opening of the study to accrual from October 10, 2006, through December 31, 2014, as part of the Helping Ourselves, Helping Others: Young Women's Breast Cancer Study, an ongoing prospective cohort study. Study participants included 897 women aged 40 years and younger at br

SUBMITTER: Rosenberg SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5002892 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature