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Motivations for genetic testing for lung cancer risk among young smokers.
Tobacco control - 1 Nov 2013
O'Neill Suzanne C, Lipkus Isaac M, Sanderson Saskia C, Shepperd James, Docherty Sharron, McBride Colleen M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine why young people might want to undergo genetic susceptibility testing for lung cancer despite knowing that tested gene variants are associated with small increases in disease risk. METHODS: The authors used a mixed-method approach to evaluate motives for and against genetic testing and the association between these motivations and testing intentions in 128 college students who smoke....
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