Perceived Versus Predicted Risks of Colorectal Cancer and Self-Reported Colonoscopies by Members of Mismatch Repair Gene Mutation-Carrying Families Who Have Declined Genetic Testing

Louisa Flander; Andrew Speirs-Bridge; Alison Rutstein; Heather Niven; Aung Ko Win; Driss Ait Ouakrim; John L Hopper; Finlay Macrae; Louise Keogh; Clara Gaff; Mark Jenkins

Journal article

Perceived Versus Predicted Risks of Colorectal Cancer and Self-Reported Colonoscopies by Members of Mismatch Repair Gene Mutation-Carrying Families Who Have Declined Genetic Testing

Louisa Flander, Andrew Speirs-Bridge, Alison Rutstein, Heather Niven, Aung Ko Win, Driss Ait Ouakrim, John L Hopper, Finlay Macrae, Louise Keogh, Clara Gaff, Mark Jenkins

Journal of Genetic Counseling | SPRINGER | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1007/s10897-013-9614-2

University of Melbourne Researchers

Driss Ait Ouakrim Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Louise Keogh Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Louisa Flander Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

John Hopper Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Clara Gaff Author Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Victorian Cancer Agency under #EO109-33, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health under RFA #CA-95-011, and through cooperative agreements with the Australasian Colorectal Cancer Family Registry (U01 CA097735). Mark Jenkins is supported as a Senior Research Fellow by the National Health & Medical Research Council, Australia. Driss Ait Ouakrim was supported by an Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation PhD scholarship (CSIRO, Preventative Heath Flagship). Aung Ko Win is supported by a grant from the Cancer Council Victoria and the Picchi Brothers Foundation, Australia. Authors have full control of all primary data and agree to review if requested.