Genetic testing for cancer risk

Science

Volumn 278, Issue 5340, 1997, Pages 1050-1054

  Ponder, Bruce ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; GENE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

CONFIDENTIALITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INSURANCE, LIFE; MALE; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030695346     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5340.1050     Document Type: Review

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