Lynch syndrome in the 21st century: Clinical perspectives

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 151-158

  Tiwari, A K ^a   Roy, H K ^a   Lynch, H T ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTATION; PROCEDURES;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MUTATION;

EID: 84960325478     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcv137     Document Type: Review

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