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Knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy toward cancer genetic testing among Black women with and without breast cancer.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 9 Sept 2026
Bertrand Kimberly A, Trevino-Talbot Michelle, Ruderman Maggie, Flynn Maureen, Cabral Howard J, Palmer Julie R, Wang Catharine
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess knowledge and attitudes regarding cancer genetic testing among Black women with and without breast cancer and to identify individual-level predictors of these outcomes. METHODS: Participants were 927 women who completed a questionnaire about personal and family history of cancer; prior hereditary cancer genetic testing; and cancer genetics knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy. Linear...
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- Humans
- Female
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Breast Neoplasms
- Genetic Testing
- Black or African American
