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Original Research: Gastroenterology and Colorectal Surgery

Colorectal cancer genetic referral: Are we doing enough?

Whitnee C. Broylesa Department of Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USACorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4350-0991
, DOORCID Icon,
Priyanka Narvekarb Texas A&M School of Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
, BA,
Hanjoo Leec Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
, MD,
James W. Fleshmand Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
, MD,
Alessandro Ficherad Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
, MD &
Katerina K. O. Wellsd Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
, MD, MPH
Pages 250-254 | Received 31 May 2023, Accepted 02 Jan 2024, Published online: 25 Jan 2024

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