Receipt of genetic counseling recommendations among black women at high risk for BRCA mutations

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1257-1262

  Thompson, Hayley S ^a   Sussner, Katarina ^b   Schwartz, Marc D ^c   Edwards, Tiffany ^d   Forman, Andrea ^e   Jandorf, Lina ^b   Brown, Karen ^b   Bovbjerg, Dana H ^f   Valdimarsdottir, Heiddis B ^b,g  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; WOMEN;

EID: 84868010151     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2012.0114     Document Type: Article

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