Family history of cancer in Brazil: Is it being used?

Familial Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-232

  Viana, Danilo V ^a   Góes, Juvenal R N ^b   Coy, Cláudio S R ^b   De Lourdes Setsuko Ayrizono, Maria ^b   Lima, Carmen S P ^b   Lopes Cendes, Iscia ^a  

^a Faculty of Medical Science   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colorectal cancer; Family history; Genetics; Hereditary cancer syndromes; Heredity; Medical history taking; Pedigree; Prevention; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA BASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, HEREDITARY; PEDIGREE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48249117552     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-008-9180-1     Document Type: Article

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