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Testing Ecology: Breast and Gynecological Cancer Predisposition Tests and the National Healthcare System in Spain.

Medical anthropology - 2 Jan 2025

Argudo-Portal Violeta

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This research asks what is being put to the test by breast and gynecological cancer predisposition testing in Spain beyond genes or cancer. By combining document analysis and fieldwork with national healthcare professionals and drawing on the anthropology and sociology of testing, I examine how the molecular relations of these tests extend to the political economy of the national healthcare system. I show how the...

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PMID: 39717962
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2024.2444617

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