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Cancer Genetics
New configurations of action in cancer genetics practices discussed
June 9th, 2005
Researchers gathered to discuss new configurations of action in cancer genetics practices. "Since the late 1980s, in France and in a number of other countries, cancer genetics testing has become a clinical reality, particularly for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. BRCA tests allowing for the assessment of an increased cancer risk among patients and their healthy relatives are now being routinely performed as part of clinical practice," scientists in France reported. "Based on fieldwork on French clinical cancer genetics and on the French Cancer Genetics Collaborative Network, this paper examines the configuration of entities, actors and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-09)
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