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Genetic counselling and genetic testing in hereditary gastrointestinal cancer syndromes.
Best practice & research. Clinical gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2009
Raymond Victoria M, Everett Jessica N
Abstract excerpt
Up to 10% of cancers are caused by inherited mutations in single genes. The process of genetic counselling and genetic testing allows for identification of these high-risk individuals and their at risk family members and enrolment into appropriate screening protocols. The medical impact of genetic testing is evidenced by reduced morbidity and mortality, however, the impact on a personal or psychosocial level has...
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