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Colon cancer screening practices and disclosure after receipt of positive or inconclusive genetic test results for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer†‡§

  1. Anne L. Ersig PhD1,2,3,
  2. Donald W. Hadley MS1,¶,*,
  3. Laura M. Koehly PhD1

Article first published online: 17 JUN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24478

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 115, Issue 18, pages 4071–4079, 15 September 2009

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Ersig, A. L., Hadley, D. W. and Koehly, L. M. (2009), Colon cancer screening practices and disclosure after receipt of positive or inconclusive genetic test results for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. Cancer, 115: 4071–4079. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24478

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  1. 1

    Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

  2. 2

    College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

  3. 3

    National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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*SBRB/NHGRI/NIH, Building 31, Room B1B37F, 31 Center Drive, MSC 2073, Bethesda, MD 20892-2073

  1. †

    The data were collected through a protocol monitored by the institutional review boards at the National Human Genome Research Institute (Protocol #95-HG-0165) and the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC.1995.0045).

  2. ‡

    The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Departments of the Navy, Defense, and Health and Human Services, or the US Government.

  3. §

    This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 4 SEP 2009
  2. Article first published online: 17 JUN 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 3 FEB 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 28 JAN 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 23 OCT 2008

Funded by

  • Intramural Research Programs of the National Human Genome Research Institute
  • National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
  • National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health

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