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Colorectal cancer survivors undergoing genetic testing for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer: motivational factors and psychosocial functioning.

Clinical genetics - 1 Nov 2007

Esplen M J, Madlensky L, Aronson M, Rothenmund H, Gallinger S, Butler K, Toner B, Wong J, Manno M, McLaughlin J

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Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) represents about 1-3% of all cases of colorectal cancer (CRC). The objectives of the study were to examine motivational factors, expectations and psychosocial functioning in a sample of CRC survivors undergoing genetic testing for HNPCC. A cross-sectional survey of 314 colorectal cancer patients recruited through a population-based colon cancer family registry...

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PMID: 17892499
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00893.x

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