Disparities in Genetic Testing for Heritable Solid-Tumor Malignancies

Jacquelyn Dillon; Foluso O. Ademuyiwa; Megan Barrett; Haley A. Moss; Elizabeth Wignall; Carolyn Menendez; Kevin S. Hughes; Jennifer K. Plichta

doi:10.1016/j.soc.2021.08.004

Disparities in Genetic Testing for Heritable Solid-Tumor Malignancies

Jacquelyn Dillon, Foluso O. Ademuyiwa, Megan Barrett, Haley A. Moss, Elizabeth Wignall, Carolyn Menendez, Kevin S. Hughes, Jennifer K. Plichta

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	109-126
Number of pages	18
Journal	Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America
Volume	31
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soc.2021.08.004
State	Published - Jan 2022

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Disparities
Genetic testing
Germline genetic testing
Hereditary cancer

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