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Evaluation of clinical criteria for the identification of Lynch syndrome among unselected patients with endometrial cancer.
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1 Jul 2014
Bruegl Amanda S, Djordjevic Bojana, Batte Brittany, Daniels Molly, Fellman Bryan, Urbauer Diana, Luthra Rajyalakshmi, Sun Charlotte, Lu Karen H, Broaddus Russell R
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Clinical criteria, primarily young age of cancer onset and family history of signature cancers, have been developed to identify individuals at elevated risk for Lynch syndrome with the goals of early identification and cancer prevention. In 2007, the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO)-codified criteria for women presenting with gynecologic cancers. These criteria have not been validated in a population-based...
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