Long term follow-up of HNPCC gene mutation carriers: Compliance with screening and satisfaction with counseling and screening procedures

Familial Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-300

  Wagner, Anja ^a   Van Kessel, Ingrid ^a   Kriege, Mieke G ^a   Tops, Carli M J ^b   Wijnen, Juul Th ^b   Vasen, Hans F A ^c   Van Der Meer, Conny A ^a   Van Oostrom, Iris I H ^a   Meijers Heijboer, Hanne ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Foundation for the Detection of Hereditary Tumors   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Counseling; Follow up; HNPCC; Mutation carriers; Satisfaction; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; MISMATCH REPAIR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 29144505362     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-005-0658-9     Document Type: Article

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