Awareness, knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes towards genetic testing for cancer risk among ethnic minority groups: a systematic review

Background Genetic testing for risk of hereditary cancer can help patients to make important decisions about prevention or early detection. US and UK studies show that people from ethnic minority groups are less likely to receive genetic testing. It is important to understand various groups’ awarene...

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Published in:	BMC public health Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 503 - 30
Main Authors:	Hann, Katie E. J., Freeman, Madeleine, Fraser, Lindsay, Waller, Jo, Sanderson, Saskia C., Rahman, Belinda, Side, Lucy, Gessler, Sue, Lanceley, Anne
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 25.05.2017 Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Asian Americans Attitudes Australia Awareness Biostatistics Breast cancer Cancer Cancer risk Environmental Health Epidemiology Ethnic minorities Ethnicity - psychology Ethnicity - statistics & numerical data Genetic counseling Genetic screening Genetic Testing Genetics Health behavior Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice - ethnology health promotion and society Health risks Humans Knowledge Medicine Medicine & Public Health Minority & ethnic groups Minority Groups - psychology Minority Groups - statistics & numerical data Mortality Mutation Neoplasms - ethnology Prevention Public Health Qualitative research Research Article Risk Risk assessment Studies United States Vaccine Australia United States United Kingdom > UK United States > US Europe Attitudes Ethnic minorities Genetic testing Knowledge Awareness Cancer risk
ISSN:	1471-2458, 1471-2458
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