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Nature Medicine  1, 302 - 303 (1995)
doi:10.1038/nm0495-302

Testing for cancer genes: Decisions, decisions

Katherine A. Schneider1, Andrea Farkas Patenaude1 & Judy E. Garber1

1Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA

Genetic testing for cancer predisposition is available now, but demand for testing is difficult to predict given the complex issues faced by candidates for testing.

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