Organizing cancer genetics programs: The Swiss model

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 21 SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Pichert, Gabriella ^a   Stahel, Rolf Arno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0034332249     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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