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Genetic testing for cancer predisposition.
Annual review of medicine - 1 Jan 2001
Eng C, Hampel H, de la Chapelle A
Abstract excerpt
Clinical cancer genetics is becoming an integral part of the care of cancer patients. This review describes the clinical aspects, genetics, and clinical genetic management of most of the major hereditary cancer susceptibility syndromes. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2, von Hippel-Lindau disease, and familial adenomatous polyposis are examples of syndromes for which genetic testing to identify at-risk family...
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