One size may not fit all: The debate of universal tumor testing for Lynch syndrome

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 2-3

  Lu, Karen H ^a   Ring, Kari L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN PMS2; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MSH2; PROTEIN MSH6;

CANCER TEST; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDITORIAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GERMLINE MUTATION; HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHYLATION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; ONSET AGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SECOND CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY;

EID: 84929940203     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2015.03.011     Document Type: Editorial

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