Testing targeted approaches to enhance cancer genetics network minority recruitment within Asian populations

Community Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 234-240

  Wenzel, Lari ^a,d   Bowen, Deborah ^c   Habbal, Rana ^a   Leighton, Nancy ^a   Vu, Thuy ^b   Anton Culver, Hoda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer genetics; Cancer Genetics Network; Minority recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER CENTER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEER PROGRAM;

EID: 42349094548     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000116884     Document Type: Article

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