Genetic counseling and genetic testing for cancer risk assessment

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 141-156

  Raffel, Leslie ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PEDIGREE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031918586     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199803000-00021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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