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Adherence to microsatellite instability testing in young-onset colorectal cancer patients.
Diseases of the colon and rectum - 1 Jul 2013
Kessels Koen, Fidder Herma H, de Groot Nicolette L, Letteboer Tom G, Timmer Robin, van Dalen Thijs, Consten Esther C, Offerhaus G Johan A, Siersema Peter D
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BACKGROUND: In 1997, the Bethesda guidelines recommended microsatellite instability testing for colorectal cancer in patients younger than 45 years to screen for Lynch syndrome. In 2004, these guidelines were revised to set the screening age at younger than 50 years. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate to what extent these guidelines were followed in young patients with colorectal cancer in the...
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