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Published in Hospital Business Week, December 28th, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal Familial Cancer, "It has been estimated that approximately 2% of the general population has a family history that is indicative of hereditary breast/ovarian cancer. We aim to further document the proportions of women identified by several protocols as having a positive family history of breast/ovarian cancer, as a prelude to offering genetic counseling and BRCA1/2 mutation testing."
"This is a critical component of the evidence base needed when considering implementation of family history screening in primary care. We apply six separate family history screening protocols for breast/ovarian cancer to four...
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