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Is uptake of genetic testing for colorectal cancer influenced by knowledge of insurance implications?
The Medical journal of Australia - 7 Sept 2009
Keogh Louise A, van Vliet Christine M, Studdert David M, Maskiell Judith A, Macrae Finlay A, St John D James, Gaff Clara L, Young Mary Anne, Southey Melissa C, Giles Graham G, Rosenthal Doreen A, Hopper John L, Jenkins Mark A
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OBJECTIVE: To assess whether knowledge of insurance implications influenced uptake of genetic testing by participants in a research study of the causes of colorectal cancer. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Analysis of uptake of genetic testing by participants in the population-based Victorian Colorectal Cancer Family Study during two periods: from 1999 to 2003, when participants were not informed of any...
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