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| Jim EvansSummaryAffiliation: University of North Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Genetic exceptionalism. Too much of a good thing?James P Evans
Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7264, USA
Genet Med 10:500-1. 2008
Health care in the age of genetic medicineJames P Evans
Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7264, USA
Genet Med 10:1-3. 2008
Genetics and the young woman with breast cancerJames P Evans
Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599, USA
Breast Dis 23:17-29. 2005..Genetic professionals can help navigate the complex technical and psychosocial issues. This chapter explores the molecular, clinical and ethical intricacies of BRCA genetic testing...
Evidence based medicine meets genomic medicineJim Evans
Departments of Genetics and Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7264, USA
Genet Med 9:799-800. 2007
Health care in the age of genetic medicineJames P Evans
Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7264, USA
JAMA 298:2670-2. 2007
Increased uptake of BRCA1/2 genetic testing among African American women with a recent diagnosis of breast cancerLisa R Susswein
Department of Genetics, and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7264, USA
J Clin Oncol 26:32-6. 2008..Studies suggest that African American women are less likely to pursue BRCA1/2 genetic testing than white women. However, such studies are often confounded by unequal access to care...
The new genetics and its consequences for family, kinship, medicine and medical geneticsKaja Finkler
Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, CB3115 Alumni Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Soc Sci Med 57:403-12. 2003..Second, we propose that the new genetics has medicalized family and kinship creating profound ethical and practical dilemmas for both the individual and for medicine as a whole...
Cancer genetics in primary careKent D McKelvey
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
J Nutr 133:3767S-3772S. 2003..We review factors involved in these decisions as well as the implications, risks, and benefits of genetic testing for the individual and the family...
A future for medical genetics: lessons from Catch 22James P Evans
Genet Med 9:1-3. 2007
Racial differences in enrolment in a cancer genetics registryPatricia G Moorman
Cancer Prevention Detection and Control Research Program, Duke University Medical Center, 239 Hanes House, Trent Drive, Box 2949, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:1349-54. 2004..Most studies have little information about nonparticipants, making it difficult to identify characteristics associated with enrolment and how they might vary by race...
Celebrating the birthday of our intellectual common ancestorJames P Evans
Genet Med 9:63-4. 2007
