Louise S Acheson

Summary

Affiliation: Case Western Reserve University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Current and future applications of genetics in primary care medicine
    Louise S Acheson
    Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 5036, USA
    Prim Care 31:449-60, vii. 2004
  2. ncbi Family history and perceptions about risk and prevention for chronic diseases in primary care: a report from the family healthware impact trial
    Louise S Acheson
    Department of Family Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    Genet Med 12:212-8. 2010
  3. ncbi Validation of a self-administered, computerized tool for collecting and displaying the family history of cancer
    Louise S Acheson
    Department of Family Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH 44106 5036, USA
    J Clin Oncol 24:5395-402. 2006
  4. ncbi Effect of preventive messages tailored to family history on health behaviors: the Family Healthware Impact Trial
    Mack T Ruffin
    Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    Ann Fam Med 9:3-11. 2011
  5. ncbi Association of common genetic variants in SMAD7 and risk of colon cancer
    Cheryl L Thompson
    Department of Family Medicine, Case Western Reserve University University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
    Carcinogenesis 30:982-6. 2009
  6. ncbi Cancer genetics in primary care
    Duane Culler
    Center for Human Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Lakeside 1500, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
    Prim Care 31:649-83, xi. 2004
  7. ncbi Identifying and testing for hereditary susceptibility to common cancers
    Randa Sifri
    Department of Family Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    CA Cancer J Clin 54:309-26. 2004
  8. ncbi Clinical consult: Marfan syndrome
    Sarah J Grimes
    Center for Human Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 11100 Euclid Avenue, LKS 1500, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
    Prim Care 31:739-42, xii. 2004
  9. ncbi Clinical consult: iron overload--hereditary hemochromatosis
    Anne L Matthews
    Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
    Prim Care 31:767-70, xii-xiii. 2004
  10. ncbi A common 8q24 variant and the risk of colon cancer: a population-based case-control study
    Li Li
    Department of Family Medicine Research Division, Case Western Reserve University, 11001 Cedar Avenue, Suite 306, Cleveland, OH 44106 7136, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:339-42. 2008

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Publications14

  1. ncbi Current and future applications of genetics in primary care medicine
    Louise S Acheson
    Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 5036, USA
    Prim Care 31:449-60, vii. 2004
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  2. ncbi Family history and perceptions about risk and prevention for chronic diseases in primary care: a report from the family healthware impact trial
    Louise S Acheson
    Department of Family Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    Genet Med 12:212-8. 2010
    ..To determine whether family medical history as a risk factor for six common diseases is related to patients' perceptions of risk, worry, and control over getting these diseases...
  3. ncbi Validation of a self-administered, computerized tool for collecting and displaying the family history of cancer
    Louise S Acheson
    Department of Family Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH 44106 5036, USA
    J Clin Oncol 24:5395-402. 2006
    ..The purpose of this study was to validate family cancer histories produced by patients using the computer tool in comparison with pedigrees made by genetic counselors...
  4. ncbi Effect of preventive messages tailored to family history on health behaviors: the Family Healthware Impact Trial
    Mack T Ruffin
    Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    Ann Fam Med 9:3-11. 2011
    ....
  5. ncbi Association of common genetic variants in SMAD7 and risk of colon cancer
    Cheryl L Thompson
    Department of Family Medicine, Case Western Reserve University University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
    Carcinogenesis 30:982-6. 2009
    ..015 for rs4939827 and P = 0.061 for rs12953717). Similar effect modification was found in haplotype analyses. Our data add evidence supporting these genetic variants as markers predisposing to colon cancer, specifically in women...
  6. ncbi Cancer genetics in primary care
    Duane Culler
    Center for Human Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Lakeside 1500, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
    Prim Care 31:649-83, xi. 2004
    ....
  7. ncbi Identifying and testing for hereditary susceptibility to common cancers
    Randa Sifri
    Department of Family Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    CA Cancer J Clin 54:309-26. 2004
    ..This article will outline the components of providing a hereditary cancer risk assessment with a focus on hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome and hereditary colon cancer...
  8. ncbi Clinical consult: Marfan syndrome
    Sarah J Grimes
    Center for Human Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 11100 Euclid Avenue, LKS 1500, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
    Prim Care 31:739-42, xii. 2004
    ..This article presents a case study of Marfan syndrome, describing disease characteristics and natural history, inheritance and genetics, diagnosis,differential diagnosis, and management...
  9. ncbi Clinical consult: iron overload--hereditary hemochromatosis
    Anne L Matthews
    Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
    Prim Care 31:767-70, xii-xiii. 2004
    ..This article presents a case study of HHC, describing inheritance and genetics, disease characteristics and natural history, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and management...
  10. ncbi A common 8q24 variant and the risk of colon cancer: a population-based case-control study
    Li Li
    Department of Family Medicine Research Division, Case Western Reserve University, 11001 Cedar Avenue, Suite 306, Cleveland, OH 44106 7136, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:339-42. 2008
    ..These data replicate the association identified from recent studies, providing additional evidence supporting the rs6983267 genetic polymorphism as a marker predisposing to colon cancer...
  11. ncbi Clinical genetics issues encountered by family physicians
    Louise S Acheson
    Family Medicine Research Division and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, OH 44106-5036, USA
    Genet Med 7:501-8. 2005
    ..Access to genetics consultation is more difficult in rural areas. These data may be used in organizing genetics services and in planning professional education programs for primary care clinicians...
  12. ncbi Clinical consult: developmental delay/fragile X syndrome
    Georgia L Wiesner
    Center for Human Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Lakeside 1500, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
    Prim Care 31:621-5, x. 2004
    ..This article presents a case study of fragile X syndrome, describing the genetics and inheritance, disease characteristics,natural history, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and management...
  13. ncbi New knowledge for and about primary care: a view through the looking glass of the Annals of Family Medicine
    William L Miller
    Ann Fam Med 3:197. 2005
    ..More work is needed to understand the nature of health and illness in whole people and ways to integrate diverse knowledge, methods and fragmented health care...
  14. ncbi How do people interpret their family histories of diabetes, coronary disease, or cancer?
    Louise S Acheson
    Ann Fam Med 2:532-3. 2004