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Women's interest in genetic testing for breast cancer risk: the influence of sociodemographics and knowledge.

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Jan 2002

Bottorff Joan L, Ratner Pamela A, Balneaves Lynda G, Richardson Chris G, McCullum Mary, Hack Tom, Chalmers Karen, Buxton Jane

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The objective of this study was to assess women's interest in genetic testing for breast cancer risk. Randomly selected samples of 761 women without breast cancer from the general population of British Columbia, Canada, and 260 women with breast cancer from the provincial cancer registry participated in a telephone survey that assessed interest in genetic testing for breast cancer risk, knowledge of hereditary...

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