Discover Community Create You

Loading publication...

Noodle always counts identifier-free feature events for service operation. With your permission, Google Analytics can also estimate audience and engagement. Search text, publication identifiers, cookies, IP addresses and browser fingerprints are never included in Noodle's first-party event counters.

Privacy details

Article

Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome : the impact of race on uptake of genetic counseling and testing.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2009

Simon Michael S, Petrucelli Nancie

Abstract excerpt

Breast cancer is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Although breast cancer is more common among White American (WA) women, incidence rates are higher among young African American (AA) women. Approximately 5-10% of all breast cancer can be accounted for by germline mutations in the breast cancer (BRCA)1 and BRCA2 genes responsible for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC)...

Read the complete abstract on PubMed

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

Share to Black or African American
Share to BRCA1 Protein
Share to BRCA2 Protein

Methodology Data sources Editorial policy Privacy About Contact Helena Bioinformatics

Share to Genetic Counseling

Share to Ovarian Neoplasms

Share to Patient Acceptance of Health Care

Share to Syndrome

Share to United States

Source

Identifiers

PMID: 19109796
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-416-2_25

Genes

BRCA2
BRCA1

Provenance

PubMed metadata and Literature Corpus relationships. Corpus snapshot updated 7 Sept 2026. Manifest publication-graph-cohort-2026-09-07.1.

Source receipt: pubmed, retrieved 7 Sept 2026.

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence.

Research trail→

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 12 closest

Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome : the impact of race on uptake of genetic counseling and testing.PMID 19109796Read ↗

Influence of race/ethnicity on genetic counseling and testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Genetic counseling and testing for breast cancer risk in African Americans.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Health Care Disparities in Hereditary Ovarian Cancer: Are We Reaching the Underserved Population?Semantic proximity Read ↗

Genetic testing for inherited breast cancer risk in African Americans.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Disparities in Genetic Management of Breast and Ovarian Cancer Patients.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Providers' perceptions and practices regarding BRCA1/2 genetic counseling and testing in African American women.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Genetic Evaluation for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes Among African Americans: A Critical ReviewSemantic proximity Read ↗

Psychosocial predictors of BRCA counseling and testing decisions among urban African-American women.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Characteristics of African American women at high-risk for ovarian cancer in the southeast: Results from a Gynecologic Cancer Risk Assessment Clinic.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Breast cancer genetics in African Americans.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Genetic Testing May be Mitigated by Counseling.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Factors associated with genetic counseling and BRCA testing in a population-based sample of young Black women with breast cancer.Semantic proximity Read ↗

⌁Select a neighboring publication to make it the new centre.