Perceptions of cancer risks and predictors of colon and endometrial cancer screening in women undergoing genetic testing for Lynch syndrome

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 948-954

  Hadley, Donald W ^a   Jenkins, Jean F ^a   Steinberg, Seth M ^a   Liewehr, David ^a   Moller, Stephanie ^a   Martin, Jean C ^a   Calzone, Kathleen A ^a   Soballe, Peter W ^a   Kirsch, Ilan R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLON TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39749135756     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.13.0575     Document Type: Article

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