Value of database linkage: Are patients at risk of familial colorectal cancer being referred for genetic counselling and testing?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 328-333

  Wong, C ^a   Gibbs, P ^a   Johns, J ^a   Jones, I ^a   Faragher, I ^b   Lynch, E ^a   Macrae, F ^a   Lipton, L ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Database; Family cancer clinic; Hereditary non polyposis colorectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA BASE; EARLY CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42049113883     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01470.x     Document Type: Article

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