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Parent-child communication surrounding genetic testing for Li-Fraumeni syndrome: Living under the cloud of cancer.

Jessica M ValdezBreya WalkerSusan OggJami GattusoMelissa A AlderferKristin ZelleyCarol A FordJustin N BakerBelinda N MandrellKim E Nichols
Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2018)
Parents of children with LFS desire open conversations about genetic testing and cancer risk. These conversations are challenging yet essential to enable child understanding of genetic risk status and enhance compliance with health-promoting and cancer surveillance measures. Development of age-appropriate educational materials and novel clinical models to facilitate parent-child conversations about genetic test results and risk status for cancer are needed.
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