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Cancer Genetics Overview (PDQ®): Health Professional Version

PDQ Cancer Genetics Editorial Board
In: PDQ Cancer Information Summaries [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Cancer Institute (US); 2002.
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Review

Cancer Genetics Overview (PDQ®): Health Professional Version

PDQ Cancer Genetics Editorial Board.
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Excerpt

This PDQ cancer information summary for health professionals provides comprehensive, peer-reviewed, evidence-based information about cancer genetics. It is intended as a resource to inform and assist clinicians in the care of their patients. It does not provide formal guidelines or recommendations for making health care decisions.

This summary is reviewed regularly and updated as necessary by the PDQ Cancer Genetics Editorial Board, which is editorially independent of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The summary reflects an independent review of the literature and does not represent a policy statement of NCI or the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Keywords: cancer genetics; evaluation of evidence.

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