在西班牙裔男性中对前列腺癌生殖基因检测的知识和态度
Jasmine Saunders1, Veda N Giri2, Susan T Vadaparampil3
1Department of Urology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases
|August 7, 2025
概括
西班牙裔男性对前列腺癌遗传检测表现出有利的态度,但关于遗传和担心成本和保险的知识差距仍然存在. 文化上有针对性的宣传可以提高基因评估的普及率.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 西班牙裔/拉丁裔男性和非英语熟练的个人在前列腺癌的生殖基因评估中被认为是不足的.
- 这种不足的测试限制了患者和家人获得向治疗,精准医学试验和遗传性癌症评估的机会.
- 了解美国西班牙裔男性的看法对于增加符合指南的遗传评估至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 探索美国西班牙裔男性对基因测试的知识和看法.
- 确定可行的目标,以增加生殖系遗传评估的普及率.
- 促进公平获得前列腺癌遗传服务.
主要方法:
- 一项全国性的在线调查对40岁及以上的美国西班牙裔男性进行了调查.
- 该调查包括遗传性前列腺癌知识量表和适应的问题,对遗传咨询信仰.
- 调查以英语和西班牙语进行.
主要成果:
- 平均遗传知识分数为5.8分之9,表明了解基因透率和母亲遗传的差距.
- 医学不信任和较低的健康素养与前列腺癌遗传学的知识下降有关.
- 对遗传咨询的态度是积极的,参与者对更多信息感兴趣,并将其视为文化一致,尽管注意到了成本和保险方面的担忧.
结论:
- 西班牙裔男性通常对前列腺癌的遗传评估有有利的态度.
- 关于母亲/父亲的家族史和成本等后勤问题,存在重大知识差距.
- 文化定制的外展是解决这些差距和促进生殖系遗传评估公平利用的必要条件.
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