Genetic conditions
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Implementing guidelinesFamilial hypercholesterolaemia: case finding, assessment, and management
Sadaf Qureshi and Dr Nadeem Qureshi review updated NICE guidance on familial hypercholesterolaemia and discuss the importance of proactive identification of this patient group in primary care
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News
NICE updates guidance on familial hypercholestrolaemia
NICE has updated Clinical Guideline (CG) 71 on Familial hypercholesterolaemia: identification and management. Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a genetic disorder characterised by high cholesterol levels from birth, putting affected individuals at increased risk of developing cardiovascular
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News
NICE publishes guidance on cystic fibrosis
NICE has published NICE Guideline 78 on Cystic fibrosis: diagnosis and management.
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Hot topic
Common genetic conditions: a guide for GPs—part 2
Drs Rosalyn Jewell, Schaida Schirwani, and Jude Hayward discuss key aspects of genetic conditions, including breast cancer and cystic fibrosis, that GPs should be aware of
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Hot topic
Common genetic conditions: a guide for GPs—part 1
Drs Rosalyn Jewell, Schaida Schirwani, and Jude Hayward look at the role of GPs in identifying and managing FH, ADPKD, Down syndrome, and AAT deficiency
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Implementing guidelines
Family history is key to risk classification of familial breast cancer
Professors Nadeem Qureshi and Gareth Evans explain how decisions on surveillance and treatment strategies for people with familial breast cancer are based on level of risk
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Implementing guidelines
Greater progress is needed in case identification of FH
Dr David Milne discusses how implementation of the NICE guideline on familial hypercholesterolaemia requires significant improvements in access to local services
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Implementing guidelines
The Simon Broome criteria should be used to detect FH
Drs Kathy Greenough and Kate Cushing outline the NHS North of Tyne approach to implementing the NICE guideline on familial hypercholesterolaemia
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Good practice initiative
Familial cancer risk assessment is focus of primary care initiative
Melanie Ripley, head of the winning team in the cancer category of the i Guidelines in Practice /i Awards 2006, discusses the Oldham Cancer Family History Service
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Implementing guidelines
Guideline will help GPs assess risk of familial breast cancer
The new NICE guideline will enable GPs to determine which women with a family history of breast cancer are at increased risk and should be referred, says Dr Jon Emery
