Ian K. Komenaka|Jesse Nodora|Lisa Madlensky|Lisa M. Winton|M Heberer|Richard B. Schwab|Jeffrey N. Weitzel|Mar??a Elena Mart??nez
Participation of low-income women in genetic cancer risk assessment and BRCA 1/2 testing: the experience of a safety-net institution
Maricopa Medical Center|Theodore Roosevelt High School|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|Maricopa Medical Center|Theodore Roosevelt High School|Maricopa Medical Center|Theodore Roosevelt High School|University of California, San Diego|City of Hope|Cancer Genetics (United States)|University of California, San Diego
communities populations lack access genetic cancer risk assessment gcra testing particularly evident safetynet institutions serve large segment lowincome uninsured individuals describe experience safetynet clinic limited resources providing gcra brca12 testing compared proportion characteristics highrisk women offered underwent gcra genetic testing also provide description mutation profile affected women 125 patients offered gcra accepted undergo gcra 72 breast cancer diagnosis 70 hispanic 528 nonenglish speakers 66 health insurance eighty four 67 offered genetic testing 81 96 agreed hispanic women medical insurance family history breast cancer significantly likely undergo testing p 001 twelve 81 15 patients found deleterious mutations seven brca1 five brca2 experience shows possible offer gcra genetic testing even setting limited resources services important given large majority lowincome women study agreed undergo counseling testing experience could serve model similar lowresource safetynet health settings