High-Risk Palliative Care Patients' Knowledge and Attitudes about Hereditary Cancer Testing and DNA Banking.

Related Articles High-Risk Palliative Care Patients’ Knowledge and Attitudes about Hereditary Cancer Testing and DNA Banking. J Genet Couns. 2018 08;27(4):834-843 Authors: Quillin JM, Emidio O, Ma B, Bailey L, Smith TJ, Kang IG, Yu BJ, Owodunni OP, Abusamaan M, Razzak R, Bodurtha JN Abstract Even at the end of life, testing cancer patients for inherited susceptibility may provide life-saving information to their relatives. Prior research suggests palliative care inpatients have suboptimal understanding of genetic importance, and testing may be underutilized in this clinical setting. These conclusions are based on limited research. This study aimed to estimate genetic testing prevalence…
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