A feasibility study of breast cancer genetic risk assessment in a federally qualified health center

201824 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Kent Hoskins · Chicago Department of Public Health

Silvia Tejeda · Chicago Department of Public Health

Ganga Vijayasiri · Chicago Department of Public Health

Ifeanyi Beverly Chukwudozie · Chicago Department of Public Health

Mylene Remo · University of Illinois Chicago

Hiral Shah · University of Illinois Chicago

Ivy Abraham

Abstract

Implementing USPSTF recommendations for CGRA as a standard component of primary health care in FQHCs is feasible and improves referral of minority women for GC, but more work is needed to understand the beliefs and barriers that prevent many underserved women from accessing cancer genetic services.

Topics & Keywords

BRCA gene mutations in cancer Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Ethics in Clinical Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Cancer

Volume 124, Issue 18, pp. 3733-3741

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31635

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