Standards of care in diagnosis and testing for hereditary colon cancer

Familial Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-72

  Lynch, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP); Genetic counseling; Hereditary Non polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC); Lynch syndrome; Medical malpractice; Predisposition testing for cancer susceptibility; Standards of care

Indexed keywords

CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; JUVENILE POLYPOSIS; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; ARTICLE; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; ONCOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46449125425     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-007-9159-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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