“When I Look in the Mirror, I Want to See a Healthy Body”: The Lived Experience of Young Previvors, Bilateral Risk-Reducing Mastectomy, and Body Image
Breast cancer is a significant cause of cancer death in young women in the United States. Inherited pathogenic variants, like BRCA1 and BRCA2, contribute to an increased lifetime breast cancer risk in this population. For women with a known pathogenic variant but without a previous cancer diagnosis,...
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| Main Authors: | Christa Torrisi, Mei R. Fu, Michelle Teti, Jane M. Armer |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2025-08-01
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| Series: | Global Qualitative Nursing Research |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/23333936251362638 |
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