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Gastrointestinal Cancer

Patients with genetic cancer undergoing surveillance at a specialized clinic rate the quality of their care better than patients at non-specialized clinics

Kaisa FritzellDepartment of Neurobiology, Division of Nursing, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Swedish Polyposis Registry, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden,Correspondence[email protected]
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Lars E. ErikssonDepartment of Neurobiology, Division of Nursing, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Jan BjörkDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Swedish Polyposis Registry, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden,;Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Mirjam SprangersDepartment of Medical Psychology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Lena WettergrenDepartment of Neurobiology, Division of Nursing, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 1226-1233 | Received 26 Apr 2012, Accepted 15 Jun 2012, Published online: 25 Jul 2012

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