Knowledge and Uptake of Genetic Counseling and Colonoscopic Screening Among Persons at Increased Risk for Lynch Syndrome and their Endoscopists from the Family Health Promotion Project

摘要

BACKGROUNDIndividuals whose families meet the Amsterdam II clinical criteria for Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC) are recommended to be referred for genetic counselling and to have colonoscopic screening every 1-2 years.