Pre-emptive surgery and increasing demands for technical perfection

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-4

  Brennan, Murray F ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; COLON RESECTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL GENETICS; OVARIECTOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; STANDARD; SURGERY;

GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0037264632     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4001     Document Type: Editorial

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