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Cancer risk awareness and concern among women with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer 
Andersen MR, et al. Behav Med 2014 Jul:0

Conversion, correction, and international scale standardization: Results from a multicenter external quality assessment study for BCR-ABL1 testing 
Griffiths M, et al. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2014 Jul

Developing clinical cancer genetics services in resource-limited countries: The case of retinoblastoma in Kenya 
He LQ, et al. Public Health Genomics 2014 Jul

From the set-up of a screening program of breast cancer patients to the identification of the first BRCA mutation in the DR Congo 
Mvila GL, et al. BMC Public Health 2014 Jul;14(1):759

Identification of familial clustering for cancer through the family health strategy program in the municipality of Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
Vieira DK, et al. J Community Genet 2014 Jul

Impact of family history on prostate cancer mortality in Caucasian men undergoing PSA-based screening 
Liss MA, et al. J Urol 2014 Jul

Long-term prospective clinical follow-up after BRCA1/2 presymptomatic testing: BRCA2 risks higher than in adjusted retrospective studies 
Evans DG, et al. J Med Genet 2014 Jul

Metastatic colorectal cancer treatment patterns according to Kirsten Rat Sarcoma Viral Oncogene Homolog genotype in U.S. community-based oncology practices 
Landsman-Blumberg PB, et al. Clin Colorectal Cancer 2014 Jun

Sensitivity and specificity of the empirical lymphocyte genome sensitivity (LGS) assay: implications for improving cancer diagnostics
Anderson D, et al. FASEB J 2014 July 25

'Universal' blood test for cancer is in the works, by Sara Gates, The Huffington Post, Jul 29

Strategies for recruitment of relatives of BRCA mutation carriers to a genetic testing program in the Bahamas 
Trottier M, et al. Clin Genet 2014 Jul

Whole-exome sequencing identifies rare pathogenic variants in new predisposition genes for familial colorectal cancer  
Clara Esteban-Jurado MSc et al. Genetics in Medicine, July 23, 2014

Genetics is the dominant risk factor for familial breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers,Kathy Boltz Oncology Nurse Advisor Jul 28

New molecular test increases odds of correct surgery for thyroid cancer patients, The ASCO Post, Jul 24