Lynch syndrome testing of colorectal cancer patients in a high-income country with universal healthcare: a retrospective study of current practice and gaps in seven australian hospitals

Lynch syndrome testing of colorectal cancer patients in a high-income country with universal healthcare: a retrospective study of current practice and gaps in seven australian hospitals

Abstract Background To inform effective genomic medicine strategies, it is important to examine current approaches and gaps in well-established applications. Lynch syndrome (LS) causes 3–5% of colorectal cancers (CRCs). While guidelines commonly recommend LS tumour testing of all CRC patients, imple...

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Main Authors: Julia Steinberg, Priscilla Chan, Emily Hogden, Gabriella Tiernan, April Morrow, Yoon-Jung Kang, Emily He, Rebecca Venchiarutti, Leanna Titterton, Lucien Sankey, Amy Pearn, Cassandra Nichols, Skye McKay, Anne Hayward, Natasha Egoroff, Alexander Engel, Peter Gibbs, Annabel Goodwin, Marion Harris, James G Kench, Nicholas Pachter, Bonny Parkinson, Peter Pockney, Abiramy Ragunathan, Courtney Smyth, Michael Solomon, Daniel Steffens, James Wei Tatt Toh, Marina Wallace, Karen Canfell, Anthony Gill, Finlay Macrae, Kathy Tucker, Natalie Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
Subjects:
Lynch syndrome
Mismatch repair
Tumour testing
Genetics services referral
Bottleneck
Gap
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13053-022-00225-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13053-022-00225-1

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