Overestimating the Influence of the 1999 WHO Classification of Lung Tumors on Survival in Bronchioloalveloar Carcinoma
Year: 2006
Type: letter
Abstract: gastroenterologists not working in a family cancer clinic may not have the required skills required to take family history, may not be able to validate reports of caner in relatives, may not know the requirements of meeting Amsterdam Criteria, and may not have the time.In conclusion, we envisage a new paradigm for colorectal cancer genetic services (see Fig 1) whereby identification of mutation carriers is not reliant on referral to family cancer clinics, but instead the family cancer clinics play an essential role in providing genetic counseling and genetic testing for individuals who have developed colorectal cancer and have, through testing of their tumor, a high chance of being a mutation carrier.The role of taking a family history before testing, an expensive, inaccurate, and time-consuming process, may become redundant.More resources will be available to put into providing clinical management for mutation-carrying families.
Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology
Institutions: National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2018897819