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Impact of familial breast cancer risk on young girls

https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/risk-and-young-girls
Full article: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/136/5/927/33763/Psychosocial-Adjustment-in-School-age-Girls-With-a?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Does growing up in a family that is at high risk for breast cancer affect young girls? Recent research found girls from families with BRCA mutations and/or a strong family history of cancer to be as well adjusted as peers of the same age. The one difference was that girls from families facing breast cancer risk had more stress related to breast cancer than their peers. While these findings are reassuring, parents know their children best, and they should ask for help if they believe their daughters are not coping well. (11/03/2015)

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