Genetic Counseling and Surveillance Focused on Lynch Syndrome
Lynch syndrome is a hereditary cancer syndrome caused by germline mutations in one of several DNA mismatch repair genes. Lynch syndrome leads to an increased lifetime risk of various cancers, particularly colorectal, and endometrial cancers. After identifying patients suspected of having Lynch syndr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Japan Society of Coloproctology
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon |
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jarc/3/2/3_2019-002/_pdf/-char/en |