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Patient vs. physician as the target of educational outreach about screening for an inherited susceptibility to colorectal cancer.

Genetic testing - 1 Jan 2002

Loader Starlene, Shields Cleveland, Levenkron Jeffrey C, Fishel Richard, Rowley Peter T

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Are patients identified from a cancer registry better educated directly or via their physician about screening for an inherited susceptibility for colorectal cancer? Of 974 patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer at < or = 60 years from 1987 to 1999 in a five-county area including Rochester, the physicians of 651 patients (67%) forwarded a cancer family history survey to their patient; 459 (71%) completed the...

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PMID: 12537652
DOI: 10.1089/10906570260471813

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