Patient-physician relationships, health self-efficacy, and gynecologic cancer screening among women with Lynch syndrome
Abstract Background Lynch syndrome, a hereditary cancer syndrome, predisposes women to colorectal, endometrial, and ovarian cancer. Current guidelines recommend that women with Lynch syndrome undergo risk-reducing gynecological surgery to reduce their chances of developing endometrial or ovarian can...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-08-01
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Series: | Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13053-019-0123-7 |