Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: The physician is wrapping up the summer camp physical examination for her 10-year-old patient Jay.She has addressed his warts and his emerging myopia and given him safety counseling.Time is up.As Jay's mother stands up to leave, she says, "By the way, my husband has just been diagnosed with colon cancer, and his physicians say it is familial adenomatous polyposis.I heard there is a genetic test for FAP.Should Jay be tested?"..........
Source: Western Journal of Medicine
Author: R. A Pagon
Institution: Seattle Children's Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4256257426