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Breast Cancer
Side effects reduce low-income Latinas' inclination to join clinical trials
July 7th, 2005
Any inclination low-income Latinas have to participate in breast cancer prevention trials tends to disappear when they learn about potential medication side effects, a study found. "Latinas have low rates of participation in breast cancer prevention trials. We evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of a randomized trial of brief counseling and print materials compared to print materials alone to increase intent to participate in a breast cancer prevention trial," said J. Mandelblatt and colleagues, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. "We enrolled 450 Spanish-speaking women from 3 urban community primary-care clinics. The outcome was intent,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-07)
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