Exploring the utility and acceptability of Faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) as a novel intervention for the improvement of colorectal Cancer (CRC) surveillance in individuals with lynch syndrome (FIT for lynch study): a single-arm, prospective, multi-centre, non-randomised study
Abstract Background Lynch Syndrome (LS) is an inherited cancer predisposition syndrome defined by pathogenic variants in the mismatch repair (MMR) or EPCAM genes. In the United Kingdom, people with LS are advised to undergo biennial colonoscopy from as early as 25 until 75 years of age to mitigate a...
Main Authors: | Anne Lincoln, Sally Benton, Carolyn Piggott, Bernard V. North, Jane Rigney, Caroline Young, Philip Quirke, Peter Sasieni, Kevin J. Monahan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-11-01
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Series: | BMC Cancer |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-10217-y |
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