What Black Women Know and Want to Know About Counseling and Testing for BRCA1/2

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 344-352

  Adams, Inez ^a,b,c,d   Christopher, Juleen ^a,b,c,d   Williams, Karen Patricia ^a,b,c,d   Sheppard, Vanessa B ^a,b,c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; BRCA1 2; Genetic counseling; Health disparities

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939897698     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-014-0740-9     Document Type: Article

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