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African American Women's Limited Knowledge and Experiences with Genetic Counseling for Hereditary Breast Cancer

4 Nov 2013

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Genetic counseling and testing for hereditary breast cancer have the potential benefit of early detection and early interventions in African American women. However, African American women have low use of these services compared to White women. We conducted two focus groups with African American women diagnosed with breast cancer (affected group, n = 13) and women with at least one first-degree relative with...

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PMID: 24186304
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-013-9663-6

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