Genetic counselling and personalised risk assessment in the Australian pancreatic cancer screening program

Genetic counselling and personalised risk assessment in the Australian pancreatic cancer screening program

Abstract Background Pancreatic cancer (PC) is an aggressive disease with a dismal 5-year survival rate. Surveillance of high-risk individuals is hoped to improve survival outcomes by detection of precursor lesions or early-stage malignancy. Methods Since 2011, a national high-risk cohort recruited t...

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Main Authors: Tanya Dwarte, Skye McKay, Amber Johns, Katherine Tucker, Allan D. Spigelman, David Williams, Alina Stoita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
Subjects:
Pancreatic cancer screening
Endoscopic ultrasound
PancPRO
Genetic counselling
Personalised risk assessment
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13053-019-0129-1

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