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Cultural aspects of cancer genetics: setting a research agenda.

Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jul 2001

Meiser B, Eisenbruch M, Barlow-Stewart K, Tucker K, Steel Z, Goldstein D

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BACKGROUND: Anecdotal evidence suggests that people from non-Anglo-Celtic backgrounds are under-represented at familial cancer clinics in the UK, the USA, and Australia. This article discusses cultural beliefs as a potential key barrier to access, reviews previous empirical research on cultural aspects of cancer genetics, draws implications from findings, and sets a research agenda on the inter-relationships...

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PMID: 11432959
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.38.7.425
PMCID: PMC1757175

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