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...Bober said she was also concerned that women could be basing these decisions from an uninformed standpoint...
...implications go much further, Bober said, since the choice these women face soon “will be faced...
According to Sharon L. Bober, a clinical psychologist in the department of psychiatry at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Dana Farber Cancer Institute who headed the study, the results were worrisome not only because women were denying preventive treatment, but that there were still women who were unsure about treatment...
...don’t know’ is a ‘no’ by default,” said Bober, who is also a clinical instructor at HMS. “It’s one thing saying no, I don’t want to deal with the side-effects and so I’m going to get more exams, but it’s bad to be in a limbo state and not do anything at all. It’s important to follow up on these women to see what they are doing...
...look at all of the advances in cancer genetics, there will be a growing implication for chemoprevention—chemical agents that will potentially mitigate or prevent diseases,” Bober said. “Most medications will always have some sort of side effect...