Room for improvement: One third of Lynch syndrome patients presenting for genetic testing in a highly specialised centre in Stockholm already have cancer

BACKGROUND: Lynch syndrome is caused by germline mutations in the mismatch repair genes and is characterised by a familial accumulation of colorectal and other cancers. Earlier identification of Lynch syndrome patients enables surveillance and might reduce the risk of cancer. It is important to expl...

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Autores principales: Bernstedt, Sophie Walton, Björk, Jan, Fritzell, Kaisa, Spigelman, Allan D., Björck, Erik, Backman, Ann-Sofie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7881447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33579353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13053-021-00171-4

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