Counseling about Cancer: Strategies for Genetic Counselling
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[Genetic counseling about cancer in Peru].
Cancer is a genetic disease caused by changes in the DNA sequence or expression. Based on the origin of these changes, cancer can be classified as sporadic, and hereditary or familial. Based on the cancer records in Peru, it is expected that 5 to 30% of all patients with cancer, i.e. about 2,000 to 12,000 people, have hereditary cancer, meaning that a similar number of families have a higher ri...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Health Expectations
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1369-6513
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-6513.2003.00203_1.x