Lynch syndrome
Majority of Patients With Lynch Syndrome Don’t Use Aspirin for CRC Prevention
Only a minority of patients with Lynch syndrome may be taking aspirin to prevent colorectal cancer despite its ...
JULY 2, 2024
Simple Web-Based Tool Identifies Cancer Susceptibility Genes in 16% of Patients
A digital risk assessment tool can identify patients with high-risk cancer susceptibility syndromes, according to ...
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Screening Tool for Lynch Syndrome Assists Busy GI Clinic
Lynch syndrome may be the most common cause of hereditary colorectal cancer, but it often goes undetected. A short ...
FEBRUARY 28, 2021
New Memoir Explores Family’s Role In Discovery Of Lynch Syndrome
Physicians first learned of family G in 1913 when pathologist Aldred Warthin, MD, published, in the Archives of ...
JANUARY 17, 2020
No ‘Convincing’ Evidence of a Specific Gene for Type 1 Serrated Polyposis
No convincing evidence of a classic Mendelian inheritance exists in patients with World Health Organization type 1 ...
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
The Scope: Providing Care and Community for Patients With Lynch Syndrome
In this episode of The Scope, managing editor Adam Marcus speaks with Dr. Sapna Syngal about her work creating the ...
OCTOBER 2, 2019
Boston Hospital Opens Nation’s First Lynch Syndrome Center
One day in 2011, Susan McDevitt, who had seven kids ranging from toddlerhood to college-aged, found herself ...
AUGUST 28, 2019
Study Questions Value of Universal Lynch Testing
Many countries, including the United States, advocate screening all patients with colorectal cancer for Lynch ...
OCTOBER 23, 2017
The Real GI: Treating Patients With Lynch Syndrome & High Grade Dysplasia
Dr. Shen is excited to see how Memorial treats these patients.
APRIL 18, 2017
Universal Lynch Syndrome Testing Cost-Effective, Study Finds
Recent guidelines from the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and other major medical societies recommend ...
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
Genetic Testing Underused for GI Cancers
Although Lynch syndrome is almost as prevalent as hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC), twice as many ...
FEBRUARY 25, 2016
