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Value of database linkage: are patients at risk of familial colorectal cancer being referred for genetic counselling and testing?
Internal medicine journal - 1 May 2008
Wong C, Gibbs P, Johns J, Jones I, Faragher I, Lynch E, Macrae F, Lipton L
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BACKGROUND: Unique research opportunities are being created in an era of increasingly sophisticated data collection and data linkage. There are Familial Cancer Clinics (FCC) to counsel patients and families about risk reduction strategies and to carry out genetic testing where appropriate. There is currently no objective evidence as to whether appropriate patients are being referred to the FCC. METHODS: Using a...
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