Outcomes of a systems-level intervention offering breast cancer risk assessments to low-income underserved women

Familial Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 493-502

  Mays, Darren ^a   Sharff, McKane E ^a   DeMarco, Tiffani A ^a   Williams, Bernice ^b   Beck, Beth ^b   Sheppard, Vanessa B ^a   Peshkin, Beth N ^a   Eng Wong, Jennifer ^a   Tercyak, Kenneth P ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer risk assessment; Disparities; Systems intervention; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84870436102     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: 15737292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-012-9541-7     Document Type: Article

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