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Multigene Panel Testing Provides a New Perspective on Lynch Syndrome.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Aug 2017
Espenschied Carin R, LaDuca Holly, Li Shuwei, McFarland Rachel, Gau Chia-Ling, Hampel Heather
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Purpose Most existing literature describes Lynch syndrome (LS) as a hereditary syndrome leading to high risks of colorectal cancer (CRC) and endometrial cancer mainly as a result of mutations in MLH1 and MSH2. Most of these studies were performed on cohorts with disease suggestive of hereditary CRC and population-based CRC and endometrial cancer cohorts, possibly biasing results. We aimed to describe a large...
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