BREAST-CARCINOMA LITIGATION - MEDICAL QUESTIONS, LEGAL ANSWERS

Authors
SEVERIN MJ
Citation
Mj. Severin, BREAST-CARCINOMA LITIGATION - MEDICAL QUESTIONS, LEGAL ANSWERS, Cancer, 80(3), 1997, pp. 600-605
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology
Journal title
Cancer → ACNP
ISSN journal
0008543X
Volume
80
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Supplement
S
Pages
600 - 605
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-543X(1997)80:3<600:BL-MQL>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Questions concerning the use of family disease history and genetic tes ting in breast carcinoma patients have brought medical issues to the c ourts. Judicial answers with regard to the necessity for family histor y elucidation and the at risk status of asymptomatic carriers of genes associated with heritable disease have been recently recorded and are presented in this article. (C) 1997 American Cancer Society.