Testing three different cancer genetics registry recruitment methods with hispanic cancer patients and their family members previously registered in local cancer registries in Texas

Community Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 215-223

  Ramirez, Amelie G ^a   Miller, Alexander R ^b   Gallion, Kipling ^a   San Miguel De Majors, Sandra ^a   Chalela, Patricia ^a   García Arámburo, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer Genetics Network; Hispanics; Recruitment; Registry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC SCREENING; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; TEXAS;

EID: 42349088948     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000116882     Document Type: Article

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