Family and personal history in colorectal cancer patients: What are we missing?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 612-614

  Alberto, V O ^a   Harocopos, C J ^b   Patel, A A ^a   Clark, Sue K ^a,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b North East Thames Regional Genetics Service ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Family history; Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33747046329     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01047.x     Document Type: Article

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