Prevalence of Lynch syndrome among patients with newly diagnosed endometrial cancers.

Lynch syndrome (LS) is a hereditary condition that increases the risk for endometrial and other cancers. The identification of endometrial cancer (EC) patients with LS has the potential to influence life-saving interventions. We aimed to study the prevalence of LS among EC patients in our population...

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Main Authors: Cecilia Egoavil, Cristina Alenda, Adela Castillejo, Artemio Paya, Gloria Peiro, Ana-Beatriz Sánchez-Heras, Maria-Isabel Castillejo, Estefanía Rojas, Víctor-Manuel Barberá, Sonia Cigüenza, Jose-Antonio Lopez, Oscar Piñero, Maria-Jose Román, Juan-Carlos Martínez-Escoriza, Carla Guarinos, Lucia Perez-Carbonell, Francisco-Ignacio Aranda, Jose-Luis Soto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3820559?pdf=render