Hereditary breast/ovarian and colorectal cancer genetics knowledge in a national sample of US physicians.

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Published in J Med Genet on March 22, 2005

Authors

L Wideroff1, S T Vadaparampil, M H Greene, S Taplin, L Olson, A N Freedman

Author Affiliations

1: Applied Research Program/Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-7344, USA. wideroff@nih.gov

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