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Acknowledgements

The pilots programme was funded by the Department of Health and Macmillan Cancer Support. We should like to thank Dr. Janice Koistinen for her tremendous support in collating the articles in this edition and for editorial assistance. We should like to thank A. Easton for help with Fig. 1.

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  1. Cancer Genetics Unit, Orchard House, The Institute of Cancer Research & Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5PT, UK

    Ros Eeles

  2. Macmillan Cancer Support, London, UK

    Glyn Purland & Jane Maher

  3. Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2RN, UK

    Jane Maher

  4. Academic Unit of Medical Genetics and Regional Genetics Service, St Mary’s Hospital (SM2), Hathersage Road, Manchester, M13 OJH, UK

    D. Gareth Evans

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Eeles, R., Purland, G., Maher, J. et al. Delivering cancer genetics services-new ways of working. Familial Cancer 6, 163–167 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10689-007-9137-9

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