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The search for unaffected individuals with Lynch syndrome: do the ends justify the means?

Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1 Jan 2011

Hampel Heather, de la Chapelle Albert

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Lynch syndrome is the most common cause of inherited colorectal and endometrial cancers yet it is underrecognized in clinical practice. The relative merits of screening for Lynch syndrome among healthy adults without cancer versus among adults with colorectal or endometrial cancer are discussed in this Perspective article. Newly diagnosed colorectal cancer patients are a much easier target population for...

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PMID: 21205737
DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-10-0345
PMCID: PMC3076593

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