Obstetrics/gynecology residents' knowledge of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and lynch syndrome

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 401-404

  Ready, Kaylene J ^c   Daniels, Molly S ^a   Sun, Charlotte C ^a   Peterson, Susan K ^a   Northrup, Hope ^b   Lu, Karen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

BRCA1; BRCA2; Cancer genetics; Education; Lynch syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSTETRICS; OVARY TUMOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; OBSTETRICS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 77957888649     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0063-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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