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Patterns of cancer family history and genetic counseling eligibility among African Americans with breast, prostate, lung, and colorectal cancers: A Detroit Research on Cancer Survivors cohort study.
Cancer - 1 Nov 2020
Purrington Kristen S, Schwartz Ann G, Ruterbusch Julie J, Manning Mark A, Nair Mrudula, Wenzlaff Angela S, Pandolfi Stephanie S, Simon Michael S, Beebe-Dimmer Jennifer
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BACKGROUND: Family history (FH) remains one of the strongest risk factors for many common cancers and is used to determine cancer genetic counseling (CGC) eligibility, but the understanding of familial cancer patterns in African Americans is limited. METHODS: This study evaluated cancer FH among African Americans with invasive breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, or colorectal cancer (CRC) in the Detroit...
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