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Identification of hereditary cancer in the general population: development and validation of a screening questionnaire for obtaining the family history of cancer.
Cancer medicine - 1 Dec 2017
Campacci Natalia, de Lima Juliana O, Carvalho André L, Michelli Rodrigo D, Haikel Rafael, Mauad Edmundo, Viana Danilo V, Melendez Matias E, Vazquez Fabiana de L, Zanardo Cleyton, Reis Rui M, Rossi Benedito M, Palmero Edenir I
Abstract excerpt
One of the challenges for Latin American countries is to include in their healthcare systems technologies that can be applied to hereditary cancer detection and management. The aim of the study is to create and validate a questionnaire to identify individuals with possible risk for hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes (HCPS), using different strategies in a Cancer Prevention Service in Brazil. The primary...
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