Sons of men with prostate cancer: Their attitudes regarding possible inheritance of prostate cancer, screening, and genetic testing

Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 360-365

  Bratt, Ola ^a   Kristoffersson, Ulf ^b   Lundgren, Rolf ^b   Olsson, Håkan ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COUNSELING; FAMILY HISTORY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030767103     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00250-1     Document Type: Article

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