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Development and Validation of the PREMM5 Model for Comprehensive Risk Assessment of Lynch Syndrome.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Jul 2017
Kastrinos Fay, Uno Hajime, Ukaegbu Chinedu, Alvero Carmelita, McFarland Ashley, Yurgelun Matthew B, Kulke Matthew H, Schrag Deborah, Meyerhardt Jeffrey A, Fuchs Charles S, Mayer Robert J, Ng Kimmie, Steyerberg Ewout W, Syngal Sapna
Abstract excerpt
Purpose Current Lynch syndrome (LS) prediction models quantify the risk to an individual of carrying a pathogenic germline mutation in three mismatch repair (MMR) genes: MLH1, MSH2, and MSH6. We developed a new prediction model, PREMM5, that incorporates the genes PMS2 and EPCAM to provide comprehensive LS risk assessment. Patients and Methods PREMM5 was developed to predict the likelihood of a mutation in any of...
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