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Breast carcinoma litigation
Author(s) -
Severin Matthew J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19970801)80:3+<600::aid-cncr9>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - medicine , carcinoma , general surgery , oncology , gynecology
Questions concerning the use of family disease history and genetic testing in breast carcinoma patients have brought medical issues to the courts. Judicial answers with regard to the necessity for family history elucidation and the at risk status of asymptomatic carriers of genes associated with heritable disease have been recently recorded and are presented in this article. Cancer 1997; 80:600‐5. © 1997 American Cancer Society