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Missed opportunities: Genetic counseling and testing among an ethnically diverse cohort of women with endometrial cancer.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Oct 2018
Lee Jessica, Gubernick Lindsay R, Brodsky Allison L, Fehniger Julia E, Levine Douglas A, Gerber Deanna, Asgari Shabnam A, Cantor Anna, Martineau Jessica T, Ginsburg Ophira M, Smith Julia A, Pothuri Bhavana
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OBJECTIVES: Lynch syndrome (LS) accounts for the majority of inherited endometrial cancers (EC), and the identification of probands presents a unique opportunity to treat and prevent multiple cancers. The diagnosis of EC can provide the indication for women with specific risk factors to undergo genetic testing (GT). We sought to evaluate genetic counseling referrals (GCR) and subsequent GT rates in an ethnically...
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