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Breast Cancer Prevention
Physician education would enhance recruitment of Asian-American women into cancer research
February 14th, 2006
Physician education would enhance the recruitment of Asian-American women into cancer prevention research. Investigators at the University of California in San Francisco wrote, "To [our] knowledge, little is known regarding the participation of Asian-Americans in cancer prevention research. In 2002, [we] mailed surveys to primary care physicians in Northern California to assess their knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and barriers concerning the participation of Asian-American women in breast cancer chemoprevention research." "The response rate was 52.3% (n=306 physicians)," reported T.T. Nguyen and colleagues. "For physician barriers, most respondents...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-02-14)
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