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To Screen or Not To Screen for Lynch Syndrome
8 Sept 2010
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More than a year and a half after a U.S. government panel recommended universal screening of newly diagnosed colorectal cancer patients for Lynch syndrome, compliance appears spotty at best. Screening for Lynch syndrome (also called hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, or HNPCC) remains a promising idea for reducing morbidity and mortality from colon cancer, experts say. But certain technical, procedural,...
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