Biomarker profiling for breast cancer detection: translational research to determine acceptance of a novel breast cancer screening technique

Nick Carcioppolo, Katheryn R. Christy, Jakob D. Jensen, Andy J. King, Julie Goonewardene and Daniel Raftery

Health Systems, 2019, vol. 8, issue 1, 44-51

Abstract: The current study seeks to determine how the psychosocial predictors of the health belief model are related to willingness to adopt biomarker screening practices among women above and below current screening age recommendations, as biomarker profiling can potentially detect cancer much earlier than current breast cancer detection methods. Patients (N = 205) at an Obstetrician/Gynaecology office in a mid-sized Midwest city. Participants completed a survey in the waiting room before their doctor appointment. Results revealed that benefits (p

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/20476965.2017.1414740

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