Awareness of heredity in colorectal cancer patients is insufficient among clinicians: A Norwegian population-based study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 456-461

  Tranø, Gerd ^a   Wasmuth, H H ^b   Sjursen, W ^b,c   Hofsli, E ^b   Vatten, L J ^d  

^a INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amsterdam criteria; Colorectal cancer; Familial colorectal cancer; Family history; Lynch syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer); Revised Bethesda criteria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NORWAY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 66049108395     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.01830.x     Document Type: Article

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