African-Americans Are Less Frequently Assessed For Hereditary Colon Cancer.
CONCLUSIONS: CRC risk assessment with detailed family medical history was inconsistently performed in all patients. There was significantly lower rate of obtaining multi-generational family medical histories in African-Americans. Referrals of all patients for genetic counselling and testing were also insufficient. Appropriate identification of individuals at increased risk for hereditary cancer syndromes, particularly African-Americans, is critical to prevention, early detection, and treatment of CRC and improving disparities in care.
PMID: 33092858 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of the National Medical Association - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Natl Med Assoc Source Type: research
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