Hereditary colorectal cancer in the gastroenterology clinic: How common are at-risk patients and how do we find them?

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-16

  Dudley Brown, Sharon ^a,c   Freivogel, Mary ^b  

^a Gastroenterology and Hepatology Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Program   (United States)

^b Informed Medical Decisions Inc

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 66149108725     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SGA.0b013e3181965d04     Document Type: Article

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