The explosion of hereditary cancer knowledge: Benefiting from a family information service

Community Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Lynch, Henry T ^a   Snyder, Carrie L ^a,b   Lynch, Jane F ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33847769898     PISSN: 15485315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1548-5315(11)70017-1     Document Type: Review

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