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Family history of cancer in Brazil: is it being used?
Familial cancer - 1 Jan 2008
Viana Danilo V, Góes Juvenal R N, Coy Cláudio S R, de Lourdes Setsuko Ayrizono Maria, Lima Carmen S P, Lopes-Cendes Iscia
Abstract excerpt
In developing countries, low budgets make the issue of integrating genetics into clinical practice a challenge, a situation in which the use of family history (FH) becomes important for patient care, as it is a low cost strategy and a risk assessment tool. The purpose of this study was to review medical records of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) seen in a public University Hospital and evaluate how often FH...
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