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Impact of genetic counseling and testing on colorectal cancer screening behavior.
Genetic testing - 1 Jan 2002
Johnson Karen A, Trimbath Jill D, Petersen Gloria M, Griffin Constance A, Giardiello Francis M
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One goal of cancer genetic counseling is to improve early detection and prevention of cancers by identifying individuals at risk and providing screening recommendations. This study determined the impact of genetic counseling and testing on patient's post-genetic risk assessment colorectal cancer screening behaviors. Follow-up data from patients seen August, 1996, through May, 1998, at the Johns Hopkins Cancer...
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