Young age and a positive family history of colorectal cancer are complementary selection criteria for the identification of Lynch syndrome

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1407-1413

  Manders, P ^a   Spruijt, L ^a   Kets, C M ^a   Willems, H W ^a   Bodmer, D ^a   Hebeda, K M ^a   Nagtegaal, I D ^a   Van Krieken, J H J M ^a   Ligtenberg, M J L ^a   Hoogerbrugge, N ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bethesda criteria; Colorectal cancer; Family history; HNPCC; Lynch syndrome; MSI testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA METHYLATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RISK;

EID: 79957554816     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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