Scale helps to measure the utility of genetic counseling in tackling fear of cancer

When a person has a family history of cancer, their worry about developing the disease may lead to them refusing to have preventive tests. Advice from genetic counseling units reduces their anxiety but, until now, nobody knew how much. Now, a scientific team has validated the "Escala de Preocupación por el Cancer -- EPC" (equivalent of the "Cancer Worry Scale"), the first of its kind in the Spanish language, in order to evaluate it.

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