Disseminating risk information to familial adenomatous polyposis families

Familial Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-324

  Groombridge, Claire ^a   Burgess, Bronwyn ^b   Spigelman, Allan D ^d   O'Toole, Libby ^b,c  

^a Hunter Family Cancer Service (HFCS)   (Australia)

^b Hunter Family Cancer Service   (Australia)

^c CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Familial Cancer; FAP; Hereditary Cancer Register; HNPCC; Informing at risk relatives; Sharing of genetic information

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547492201     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-007-9121-4     Document Type: Article

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