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Exploring the utility and acceptability of Faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) as a novel intervention for the improvement of colorectal Cancer (CRC) surveillance in individuals with lynch syndrome (FIT for lynch study): a single-arm, prospective, multi-centre, non-randomised study

BACKGROUND: Lynch Syndrome (LS) is an inherited cancer predisposition syndrome defined by pathogenic variants in the mismatch repair (MMR) or EPCAM genes. In the United Kingdom, people with LS are advised to undergo biennial colonoscopy from as early as 25 until 75 years of age to mitigate a high li...

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Autores principales: Lincoln, Anne, Benton, Sally, Piggott, Carolyn, North, Bernard V., Rigney, Jane, Young, Caroline, Quirke, Philip, Sasieni, Peter, Monahan, Kevin J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9639321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36344941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-10217-y