Family cancer history: Healthy skepticism required

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 776-777

  Freedman, Rachel A ^a   Garber, Judy E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDITORIAL; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONNECTICUT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957521322     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djr142     Document Type: Editorial

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