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BRCA1 Testing and Informed Consent in a Woman with Mild Retardation

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Journal of Genetic Counseling

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Cancer predisposition testing can pose complex genetic counseling issues. This casereport discusses whether it is appropriate to provide BRCA1 testing to a woman withlimited intellectual capacity and documented psychological distress. This case is one ofseveral cancer counseling cases presented to our Genetic Counseling Supervision Groupover the past three and a half years. The Supervision Group provided valuable feedback and supportto proceed with this challenging case.

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  1. MPH, Population Sciences, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street SM206, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

    Katherine A. Schneider

  2. Medical Genetics, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Canada

    Stephanie A. Kieffer

  3. Population Sciences, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

    Andrea F. Patenaude

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Schneider, K.A., Kieffer, S.A. & Patenaude, A.F. BRCA1 Testing and Informed Consent in a Woman with Mild Retardation. Journal of Genetic Counseling 9, 411–416 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009454215576

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