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Cancer screening behaviors and risk perceptions among family members of colorectal cancer patients with unexplained mismatch repair deficiency.

Familial cancer - 1 Apr 2017

Katz Lior H, Advani Shailesh, Burton-Chase Allison M, Fellman Bryan, Polivka Katrina M, Yuan Ying, Lynch Patrick M, Peterson Susan K

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Communication gaps in families with unexplained mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency (UMMRD) could negatively impact the screening behaviors of relatives of individual with UMMRD. We evaluated cancer risk perception, screening behaviors, and family communication among relatives of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with UMMRD. Fifty-one family members of 17 probands with UMMRD completed a questionnaire about cancer...

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PMID: 27832499
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-016-9947-8
PMCID: PMC5945287

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