Strategies and stakeholders: Minority recruitment in cancer genetics research

Community Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 241-249

  James, Rosalina D ^a,b   Yu, Joon Ho ^a   Henrikson, Nora B ^a   Bowen, Deborah J ^a   Fullerton, Stephanie M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer Genetics Network; Minority recruitment

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILIAL CANCER; FUNDING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 42349083421     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000116878     Document Type: Review

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