Open AccessHereditary Cancer-Associated Mutations in Women Diagnosed with Two Primary Cancers: An Opportunity to Identify Hereditary Cancer Syndromes after the First Cancer Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Jennifer Saam,
Kelsey Moyes,
Michelle Landon,
Kayon Williams,
Rajesh Kaldate,
Christopher Arnell,
Richard Wenstrup
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.987
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1423-0232
pISSN - 0030-2414
DOI - 10.1159/000368836
Subject(s) - medicine , lynch syndrome , ovarian cancer , cancer , endometrial cancer , breast cancer , colorectal cancer , oncology , family history , gynecology , dna mismatch repair
Patients with hereditary cancer syndromes are at high risk for a second primary cancer. Early identification of these patients after an initial cancer diagnosis is the key to implementing cancer risk-reducing strategies.
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