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Cancer genetics and its "different faces of autonomy".

New genetics and society - 1 Apr 2006

Stemerding Dirk, Nelis Annemiek

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In this article we discuss the development of a practice of screening, preventive treatment, and presymptomatic testing for individuals at risk of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP), a specific hereditary predisposition for colon cancer. We describe this development as a process of co-evolution, showing how this practice has been gradually taking shape in a new network of actors, routines, rules, institutions...

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PMID: 17312627
DOI: 10.1080/14636770600603329

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