Genetic services for hereditary breast/ovarian and colorectal cancers - Physicians' awareness, use and satisfaction

Community Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-51

  Carroll, J C ^a,b   Cappelli, M ^d   Miller, F ^c   Wilson, B J ^e   Grunfeld, E ^f   Peeters, C ^d   Hunter, A G W ^d   Gilpin, C ^d   Prakash, P ^a  

^a Granovsky Gluskin Family Medicine Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Awareness; Breast neoplasm; Colorectal neoplasm; Hereditary cancer; Ovarian neoplasm; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 38349031316     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111639     Document Type: Article

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