Dr. Matthew Grossman, an interventional endoscopist and gastroenterologist with Atlantic Health System in New Jersey, explained the relationship between Lynch syndrome and human DNA. "Think of DNA as ...

A current study by the German Familial Colorectal Cancer Consortium is looking at the question of which people with Lynch syndrome are at an increased risk of developing a second colorectal cancer.

Colorectal cancer is often linked to lifestyle, but inherited gene mutations can also raise risk. Hereditary conditions like Lynch syndrome and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) can lead to ...

Mayo Clinic has developed a screening procedure that could boost testing for Lynch syndrome, a genetic disorder linked to some types of colorectal cancer, according to a report from EndoNurse.

September 18, 2006 — Women with endometrial cancer should be screened for genetic mutations indicating Lynch syndrome, say researchers from Ohio State University, in Columbus, who report a study ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 79-year-old female who is currently on biannual infusions for osteoporosis and high cholesterol. In 2018, I was diagnosed with Lynch syndrome with an MSH6 deviation. The genetic ...

Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Lynch Syndrome Topic Brief." Institute of Medicine. 2010. The Value of Genetic and Genomic Technologies: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press ...

Certified genetic counselors individualize Lynch risk, surveillance, and management by gene, and support cascade notification, testing logistics, and discussion of life/financial insurance ...

A Lynch syndrome diagnosis shook my world. Here is what I wish I was told from the get-go. When the news of having Lynch syndrome hit me, it completely shook my world. One moment I was living my best ...

Housed within the Abramson Cancer Center, the King Center for Lynch Syndrome will be first named and endowed center devoted ...

Lynch syndrome is one of the leading causes of hereditary cancers (e.g., colorectal and endometrial cancer), which can be prevented or treated with active screening and early diagnosis. For people ...