Open AccessUncertainties in the Management of a Lynch Syndrome Patient: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Sara Catarina Felício Teixeira Campos,
Pedro Amaro,
Inês Cunha,
João Fraga,
Maria Augusta Cipriano,
Luís Tomé
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ge portuguese journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.321
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2341-4545
pISSN - 2387-1954
DOI - 10.1159/000461590
Subject(s) - medicine , lynch syndrome , colorectal cancer , colonoscopy , mlh1 , pms2 , context (archaeology) , germline mutation , carcinoma , cancer , gastroenterology , dna mismatch repair , oncology , mutation , gene , genetics , paleontology , biology
Lynch syndrome (LS), the most common hereditary colorectal cancer syndrome, is characterized by mutations in mismatch repair (MMR) genes leading to an increased cancer risk, namely colorectal cancer.
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