Colorectal cancer cases and relatives of cases indicate similar willingness to receive and disclose genetic information

Genetic Testing

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-420

  Ceballos, Rachel M ^a   Newcomb, Polly A ^a,b   Beasley, Jeannette M ^c   Peterson, Scot ^b   Templeton, Allyson ^b   Hunt, Julie R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RELATIVE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM;

EID: 50649086584     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2008.0007     Document Type: Article

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