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Comparison of Latina and non-Latina white women's beliefs about communicating genetic cancer risk to relatives.

Journal of health communication - 1 Jan 2000

MacDonald Deborah J, Sarna Linda, Giger Joyce Newman, Van Servellen Gwen, Bastani Roshan, Weitzel Jeffrey N

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Breast cancer accounts for 30% of cancer among Latinas, and ovarian cancer is more common in Latinas than in non-Latina Whites. Latinas with a personal or family history of these cancers are increasingly referred for genetic cancer risk assessment (GCRA), but little is known about their perspectives regarding informing relatives of genetic cancer risk. We described and compared the pre-GCRA beliefs about...

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PMID: 18661388
DOI: 10.1080/10810730802198920

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