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High-Risk Palliative Care Patients' Knowledge and Attitudes about Hereditary Cancer Testing and DNA Banking.
Journal of genetic counseling - 1 Aug 2018
Quillin John M, Emidio Oluwabunmi, Ma Brittany, Bailey Lauryn, Smith Thomas J, Kang In Guk, Yu Brandon J, Owodunni Oluwafemi Patrick, Abusamaan Mohammed, Razzak Rab, Bodurtha Joann N
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Even at the end of life, testing cancer patients for inherited susceptibility may provide life-saving information to their relatives. Prior research suggests palliative care inpatients have suboptimal understanding of genetic importance, and testing may be underutilized in this clinical setting. These conclusions are based on limited research. This study aimed to estimate genetic testing prevalence among...
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