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Colon Cancer Screening Practices After Genetic Counseling and Testing for Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer

Donald W. Hadley, Jean Jenkins, Eileen Dimond, Maria de Carvalho, Ilan R. Kirsch, Christina G.S. Palmer

Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2003 · 143 citations · 26 references

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Genetic counseling and testing for HNPCC significantly influences the use of colonic endoscopy and adherence to recommendations for colon cancer screening.

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