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Strategies to identify the Lynch syndrome among patients with colorectal cancer: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
Annals of internal medicine - 19 Jul 2011
Ladabaum Uri, Wang Grace, Terdiman Jonathan, Blanco Amie, Kuppermann Miriam, Boland C Richard, Ford James, Elkin Elena, Phillips Kathryn A
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BACKGROUND: Testing has been advocated for all persons with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer to identify families with the Lynch syndrome, an autosomal dominant cancer-predisposition syndrome that is a paradigm for personalized medicine. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of strategies to identify the Lynch syndrome, with attention to sex, age at screening, and differential effects...
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