Genetic testing for breast cancer susceptibility: Awareness and interest among women in the general population

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-49

  Tambor, Ellen S ^a   Rimer, Barbara K ^a,b   Strigo, Tara S ^a  

^a DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA1; breast cancer; genetic testing

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY CARCINOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0031012203     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970110)68:1<43::AID-AJMG8>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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