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Stratified cancer screening: the practicalities of implementation.
Public health genomics - 1 Jan 2013
Dent T, Jbilou J, Rafi I, Segnan N, Törnberg S, Chowdhury S, Hall A, Lyratzopoulos G, Eeles R, Eccles D, Hallowell N, Pashayan N, Pharoah P, Burton H
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BACKGROUND: Improving understanding of the genetic basis of disease susceptibility enables us to estimate individuals' risk of developing cancer and offer them disease prevention, including screening, stratified to reflect that risk. Little attention has so far been given to the implementation of stratified screening. This article reviews the issues that would arise in delivering such tailored approaches to...
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