Uptake and predictors of colonoscopy use in family members not participating in cascade genetic testing for Lynch syndrome

Abstract Cascade genetic testing provides a method to appropriately focus colonoscopy use in families with Lynch syndrome (LS). However, research suggests that up to two-thirds at risk to inherit LS don’t participate. Within the United States, no studies have assessed colonoscopy use within this elu...

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Main Authors: Donald W. Hadley, Dina Eliezer, Yonit Addissie, Andrea Goergen, Sato Ashida, Laura Koehly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72938-z