Colorectal cancer incidence in path_MLH1 carriers subjected to different follow-up protocols: a Prospective Lynch Syndrome Database report

Abstract Background We have previously reported a high incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in carriers of pathogenic MLH1 variants (path_MLH1) despite follow-up with colonoscopy including polypectomy. Methods The cohort included Finnish carriers enrolled in 3-yearly colonoscopy (n = 505; 4625 obser...

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Main Authors: Toni Seppälä, Kirsi Pylvänäinen, Dafydd Gareth Evans, Heikki Järvinen, Laura Renkonen-Sinisalo, Inge Bernstein, Elke Holinski-Feder, Paola Sala, Annika Lindblom, Finlay Macrae, Ignacio Blanco, Rolf Sijmons, Jacqueline Jeffries, Hans Vasen, John Burn, Sigve Nakken, Eivind Hovig, Einar Andreas Rødland, Kukatharmini Tharmaratnam, Wouter H. de Vos tot Nederveen Cappel, James Hill, Juul Wijnen, Mark Jenkins, Maurizio Genuardi, Kate Green, Fiona Lalloo, Lone Sunde, Miriam Mints, Lucio Bertario, Marta Pineda, Matilde Navarro, Monika Morak, Ian M. Frayling, John-Paul Plazzer, Julian R. Sampson, Gabriel Capella, Gabriela Möslein, Jukka-Pekka Mecklin, Pål Møller, in collaboration with The Mallorca Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13053-017-0078-5