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Blacks just as likely as whites to pursue BRCA test.(Gynecology)(breast cancer)
GRAPEVINE, TEX. -- African American women are almost as likely to pursue genetic testing for breast cancer as are white women, North Carolina researchers report.
"There is a perception in the genetic counseling field that African Americans are less likely to pursue genetic testing when it's offered," said Lisa Susswein, genetic counselor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "It has been thought that there were cultural barriers and, possibly, the inability to pay that kept African Americans from genetic testing."
But when women diagnosed with or at high risk for breast cancer were offered a test to detect BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations, both African Americans and whites accepted. The results were presented at a meeting sponsored by the American College of Medical Genetics.
The test was offered to women who exceeded a 5%-10% risk of harboring a BRCA mutation as well as to women recently diagnosed with breast cancer. The test was offered to more than 800 women referred to the center.
Of those in the overall high-risk population who were offered ...
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