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Population-based molecular screening for Lynch syndrome: implications for personalized medicine.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 10 Jul 2013
Ward Robyn L, Hicks Sian, Hawkins Nicholas J
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PURPOSE: Molecular screening techniques are available to identify hereditary Lynch syndrome in people with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer (CRC). We aimed to determine whether decisions of patients or clinicians reduced detection of Lynch syndrome. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A prospective cohort of 245 consecutive individuals with mismatch repair-deficient CRC recruited from a population-based molecular screening...
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