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Limitations of family cancer history assessment at initial surgical consultation.
Diseases of the colon and rectum - 1 Jan 2001
Ruo L, Cellini C, La-Calle J P, Murray M, Thaler H T, Quan S H, Guillem J G
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PURPOSE: Although important for the diagnosis of familial clustering of colorectal cancer and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, the accuracy of familial cancer history assessment in the office setting has been questioned. Furthermore, there are few publications describing the optimal method for accurately capturing a family cancer history. The purpose of this study was to determine how well family cancer...
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