Psychosocial predictors of BRCA counseling and testing decisions among urban African-American women

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1579-1585

  Thompson, Hayley S ^a   Valdimarsdottir, Heiddis B ^a   Duteau Buck, Chantal ^b   Guevarra, Josephine ^a   Bovbjerg, Dana H ^a   Richmond Avellaneda, Cassandra ^b   Amarel, David ^b   Godfrey, Diana ^b   Brown, Karen ^a   Offit, Kenneth ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; ONCOGENE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENES, BRCA1; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036911836     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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