Current Hypotheses on How Microsatellite Instability Leads to Enhanced Survival of Lynch Syndrome Patients [PDF]
High levels of microsatellite instability (MSI-high) are a cardinal feature of colorectal tumors from patients with Lynch Syndrome. Other key characteristics of Lynch Syndrome are that these patients experience fewer metastases and have enhanced survival
Kristen M. Drescher +2 more
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Molecular diagnosis of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (Lynch syndrome) [PDF]
Lynch syndrome is the most common cause of inherited colorectal cancer, totaling 5 to 8% of all the cases with high susceptibility to this type of cancer and extracolonic cancer.
David Serrano, Clara Eugenia Arteaga
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Unusual presentation of Lynch Syndrome [PDF]
Lynch Syndrome/HNPCC is a syndrome of cancer predisposition linked to inherited mutations of genes participating in post-replicative DNA mismatch repair (MMR).
Yu Veronica PCC +10 more
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The genetic basis of Lynch syndrome and its implications for clinical practice and risk management
Stephanie A Cohen,1 Anna Leininger2 1Cancer Genetics Risk Assessment Program, St Vincent Health, Indianapolis, IN, USA; 2Minnesota Oncology, Woodbury, MN, USA Abstract: Lynch syndrome is the most common cause of hereditary colon cancer, and accounts for
Cohen SA, Leininger A
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Circulating metabolome landscape in Lynch syndrome
Circulating metabolites systemically reflect cellular processes and can modulate the tissue microenvironment in complex ways, potentially impacting cancer initiation processes.
Tiina A. Jokela +6 more
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Recent advances in Lynch syndrome
Lynch syndrome is one of the most common hereditary cancer syndromes and is characterized by the development of many cancers, such as colorectal cancer (CRC), endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, stomach cancer and many other cancers.
Xi Li, Guodong Liu, Wei Wu
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Caracterització i identificació de les formes hereditàries de càncer colorectal [PDF]
[cat] El càncer colorectal (CCR) és una de les neoplàsies més prevalents en els països occidentals, i un dels tumors en el que els factors genètics juguen un paper fonamental en el seu desenvolupament.
Balaguer Prunés, Francesc
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Recommendations for clinical and molecular identification of LS, surgical and endoscopic management of LS‐associated colorectal cancer and preventive measures for cancer were produced. The emphasis was on surgical and gastroenterological aspects of the cancer spectrum.
T. T. Seppälä +18 more
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Càncer colorectal hereditari: Aplicacions diagnòstiques de l'estudi de la dosi dels gens APC, MLH1 i MSH2 [PDF]
[cat] Les síndromes de càncer colorectal (CCR) hereditari representen entre un 3% i un 5% de tots els casos de CCR i inclouen tots aquells individus amb un elevat grau d'agregació familiar.
Castellsagué Torrents, Ester
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Revised guidelines for the clinical management of Lynch syndrome (HNPCC): recommendations by a group of European experts [PDF]
Lynch syndrome (LS) is characterised by the development of colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer and various other cancers, and is caused by a mutation in one of the mismatch repair genes: MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 or PMS2.
Sampson, JR +154 more
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