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Integration of family history and medical management of patients with hereditary cancers

✍ Scribed by Susan T. Tinley; Henry T. Lynch

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 215 KB
Volume: 86
Category: Article
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19991201)86:11+<2525::aid-cncr9>3.0.co;2-7

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✦ Synopsis

The family histories of individuals affected by a wide variety of cancers have provided information about the principal features of hereditary cancer. Surveillance protocols, indicating the most appropriate modalities and the age at which to initiate them, have been derived from what has been learned about the age of

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