Sharing Genetic Test Results in Lynch Syndrome: Communication With Close and Distant Relatives

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-338

  Stoffel, Elena M ^a,b,c   Ford, Beth ^b   Mercado, Rowena C ^b   Punglia, Darashana ^b   Kohlmann, Wendy ^d   Conrad, Peggy ^e   Blanco, Amie ^e   Shannon, Kristen M ^f   Powell, Mark ^b   Gruber, Stephen B ^d   Terdiman, Jonathan ^e   Chung, Daniel C ^c,f   Syngal, Sapna ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCLOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39949085409     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

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