Teens and young adults respond well to learning about familial cancer risk

https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/teens-young-adults-and-family-cancer-risk

Full article: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/150/2/e2022056339/188558/Long-Term-Adaptation-Among-Adolescent-and-Young?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Little is known about how awareness of hereditary cancer in a high-risk family affects the quality of life of teens and young adults. This study looked at the lifestyle choices, cancer awareness and quality of life of adolescents and young adults whose mothers had undergone testing for a BRCA mutation. (Posted 10/11/2022) Este artículo está disponible en español.

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FORCE is a national nonprofit organization, established in 1999. Our mission is to improve the lives of individuals and families affected by adult hereditary cancers.