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Family history of colorectal cancer: how often and how accurately is it recorded?

Diseases of the colon and rectum - 1 Nov 2000

Church J, McGannon E

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PURPOSE: A family history of colorectal cancer is an important risk factor for the disease. A positive family history means that endoscopic screening should be recommended and a strongly positive family history raises the possibility of a dominantly inherited syndrome. This study was performed to find how often and how accurately a family history of colorectal cancer was recorded in the charts of patients on a...

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PMID: 11089589
DOI: 10.1007/BF02236735

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