Inherited Colorectal Cancer Registries in the United States: The State of the Union

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 674-678

  Church, James ^a   Kiringoda, Ruwan ^a   LaGuardia, Lisa ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial adenomatous polyposis; Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; Registry

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTICLE; CANCER FAMILY; CANCER REGISTRY; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; RECTUM POLYP; UNITED STATES;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, HEREDITARY; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342527188     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-003-0115-5     Document Type: Article

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