The carrier clinic: An evaluation of a novel clinic dedicated to the follow-up of BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers - Implications for oncogenetics practice

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 486-491

  Bancroft, E K ^a,b   Locke, I ^a,b   Ardern Jones, A ^a   D'Mello, L ^b   McReynolds, K ^a   Lennard, F ^b   Barbachano, Y ^a   Barwell, J ^a   Walker, L ^a   Mitchell, G ^a   Dorkins, H ^c   Cummings, C ^c   Paterson, J ^d   Kote Jarai, Z ^b   Mitra, A ^b   Jhavar, S ^b   Thomas, S ^a   Houlston, R ^a,b   Shanley, S ^a   Eeles, Rosalind A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 ASSOCIATED RING DOMAIN PROTEIN 1; BRCA2 PROTEIN; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; BLID PROTEIN, HUMAN; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BRCA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77956122448     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: 14686244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2009.072728     Document Type: Article

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