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Last Posted: Nov 11, 2017

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• Woman who put her exhaustion down to her busy lifestyle discovers she has bowel cancer at 32 – which doctors missed for a whole year because they thought she was 'too young' to get it  
  Daily Mail, Nov 10, 2017
• Mismatch Repair Deficiency Testing in Patients With Colorectal Cancer and Nonadherence to Testing Guidelines in Young Adults  
  T Shaikh et al, JAMA Oncology, Nov 9, 2017
• Status of Testing for High-Level Microsatellite Instability/ Deficient Mismatch Repair in Colorectal Carcinoma  
  SR Hamilton, JAMA Oncology, Nov 9, 2017
• Genetic anticipation in Swedish Lynch syndrome families.  
  von Salomé Jenny et al. PLoS genetics 2017 Oct 13(10) e1007012
• Low yield of gastroscopy in patients with Lynch syndrome.  
  Galiatsatos Polymnia et al. The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology 2017 Oct
• Lynch syndrome-associated colorectal carcinoma: frequent involvement of the left colon and rectum and late-onset presentation supports a universal screening approach.  
  Hartman Douglas J et al. Human pathology 2013 Nov 44(11) 2518-28
• Phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity of Lynch syndrome: a complex diagnostic challenge.  
  Lynch Henry T et al. Familial cancer 2017 Oct
• Predictive genetic testing in children: constitutional mismatch repair deficiency cancer predisposing syndrome.  
  Bruwer Zandrè et al. Journal of genetic counseling 2014 Apr 23(2) 147-55
• Universal Screening for Lynch Syndrome in Endometrial Cancers: Frequency of Germline Mutations and Identification of Patients with Lynch-Like Syndrome.  
  Dillon Jessica L et al. Human pathology 2017 Oct
• Value-based healthcare in Lynch syndrome.  
  Hennink Simone D et al. Familial cancer 2013 Jun 12(2) 347-54
• Genetic anticipation in Swedish Lynch syndrome families  
  J von Salome et al, PLOS Genetics, Oct 2017
• The identification of Lynch syndrome in Congolese colorectal cancer patients.  
  Poaty Henriette et al. Bulletin du cancer 2017 Oct
• A Systematic Review on the Existing Screening Pathways for Lynch Syndrome Identification.  
  Tognetto Alessia et al. Frontiers in public health 2017 5243
• Determinants of adherence to recommendations for cancer prevention among Lynch Syndrome mutation carriers: A qualitative exploration.  
  Visser Annemiek et al. PloS one 2017 12(6) e0178205
• Cancer Predisposition Cascade Screening for Hereditary Breast/Ovarian Cancer and Lynch Syndromes in Switzerland: Study Protocol.  
  Katapodi Maria C et al. JMIR research protocols 2017 Sep 6(9) e184
• Decentralized colonoscopic surveillance with high patient compliance prevents hereditary and familial colorectal cancer.  
  Sjöström Olle et al. Familial cancer 2016 Oct 15(4) 543-51

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