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Patient and tumor characteristics may raise clinicians' awareness of familial colorectal cancer: a Norwegian population-based study.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 Oct 2011
Tranø Gerd, Wasmuth Hans, Sjursen Wenche, Vatten Lars
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BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to identify patient and tumor characteristics that may be useful for clinicians in the identification of possible familial colorectal cancer (CRC). METHODS: Among 562 unselected, consecutively diagnosed colorectal cancer patients, 490 patients were included and divided into familial or sporadic CRC based on family history data collected by standardized patient interviews....
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