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Validation of an Efficient Screening Tool to Identify Low-Income Women at High Risk for Hereditary Breast Cancer.
Public health genomics - 1 Jan 2016
Stewart Susan L, Kaplan Celia P, Lee Robin, Joseph Galen, Karliner Leah, Livaudais-Toman Jennifer, Pasick Rena J
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: We compared the 6-Point Scale, a screening tool to identify low-income women for referral to genetic counseling, with genetic counselors' (GCs') recommendation and the Referral Screening Tool (RST). METHODS: RST and 6-Point Scale scores were computed for 2 samples: (1) S1, public hospital mammography clinic patients in 2006-2010 (n = 744), classified by GCs as high risk (meriting referral to...
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