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Breast Cancer
Research from Ohio State University in the area of breast cancer published
April 24th, 2008
"The purpose of this study was to investigate the decision to obtain individualized risk assessment (IRA) after a breast cancer education session. A sample of both African American and Caucasian women was used to determine if there were differences by race/ethnicity in uptake of the assessment and differences in the variables that were most predictive of uptake," investigators in the United States report. "The sample included 166 women between the ages of 18 and 80. Sixty-two percent of the sample were African American women. Key Findings. The results suggested that African American women and Caucasian women used different factors and used other factors differently to...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-04-24)
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