“Go ahead and screen” - advice to healthcare systems for routine lynch syndrome screening from interviews with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer patients

“Go ahead and screen” - advice to healthcare systems for routine lynch syndrome screening from interviews with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer patients

Abstract Background Lynch syndrome (LS) is the most common cause of inherited colorectal cancer (CRC). Universal tumor screening (UTS) of newly diagnosed CRC cases is recommended to aid in diagnosis of LS and reduce cancer-related morbidity and mortality. However, not all health systems have adopted...

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Main Authors: Jennifer L. Schneider, Alison J. Firemark, Sara Gille, James Davis, Pamala A. Pawloski, Su-Ying Liang, Mara M. Epstein, Jan Lowery, Christine Y. Lu, Ravi N. Sharaf, Andrea N. Burnett-Hartman, Victoria Schlieder, Zachary M. Salvati, Deborah Cragun, Alanna Kulchak Rahm, Jessica Ezzell Hunter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-11-01
Series:Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
Subjects:
Lynch syndrome
Colon cancer
Universal tumor screening
Implementation
Patient perspective
Qualitative
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13053-023-00270-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13053-023-00270-4

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