A Closer Look at Risk Perception among Black Women at Increased Risk for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer

Authors

Devon E. Bonner

First Advisor

Tuya Pal, M.D. FAMBG Associate Professor, College of Medicine

Second Advisor

Susan Vadaparampil, Ph.D. MPH Associate Professor, College of Medicine

Third Advisor

Teri Malo, Ph.D. Research Data Analyst, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Publisher

University of South Florida St. Petersburg

Document Type

Thesis

Date Available

May 2012

Publication Date

2011

Date Issued

December 2011

Abstract

Although Caucasian women are diagnosed with breast cancer more often than Black women, Black women are diagnosed at younger ages and experience higher mortality from breast cancer than any other racial/ethnic group.

Comments

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the University Honors Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Bonner, Devon E., "A Closer Look at Risk Perception among Black Women at Increased Risk for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer" (2011). USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate).
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/honorstheses/134