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Guidelines on genetic evaluation and management of Lynch syndrome: a consensus statement by the US Multi-Society Task Force on colorectal cancer.
Gastroenterology - 1 Aug 2014
Giardiello Francis M, Allen John I, Axilbund Jennifer E, Boland C Richard, Burke Carol A, Burt Randall W, Church James M, Dominitz Jason A, Johnson David A, Kaltenbach Tonya, Levin Theodore R, Lieberman David A, Robertson Douglas J, Syngal Sapna, Rex Douglas K
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The Multi-Society Task Force, in collaboration with invited experts, developed guidelines to assist health care providers with the appropriate provision of genetic testing and management of patients at risk for and affected with Lynch syndrome as follows: Figure 1 provides a colorectal cancer risk assessment tool to screen individuals in the office or endoscopy setting; Figure 2 illustrates a strategy for...
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