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The clinical phenotype of Lynch syndrome due to germ-line PMS2 mutations

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PMS2 mutations contribute significantly to Lynch syndrome, but the penetrance for monoallelic mutation carriers appears to be lower than that for the other mismatch repair genes.
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This article is published in Gastroenterology.The article was published on 2008-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 495 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lynch syndrome & Monoallelic Mutation.

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ACG clinical guideline: Genetic testing and management of hereditary gastrointestinal cancer syndromes.

TL;DR: Patients who meet clinical criteria for a syndrome as well as those with identified pathogenic germline mutations should receive appropriate surveillance measures in order to minimize their overall risk of developing syndrome-specific cancers.
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Hereditary and Familial Colon Cancer

TL;DR: This review examines the colon cancer syndromes, their genetics and management, and also the common familial colon cancers with current genetic advances and screening guidelines.
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Review of the Lynch syndrome: history, molecular genetics, screening, differential diagnosis, and medicolegal ramifications

TL;DR: Because 40–60% of female patients will manifest endometrial cancer, tailored management is essential, and subtotal colectomy may be necessary, given the marked frequency of synchronous and metachronous CRC.
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Milestones of Lynch syndrome: 1895-2015

TL;DR: Over a century of discoveries that revolutionized the diagnosis and clinical management of Lynch syndrome are chronicle, beginning in 1895 with Warthin's observations of familial cancer clusters.
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de la Chapelle, A.

TL;DR: De la Chapelle dysplasia, also known as atelosteogenesis type II, is a lethal form of neonatal dwarfism in which gross limb shortening is associated with a characteristic triangular configuration of the radius and ulna.
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New clinical criteria for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC, Lynch syndrome) proposed by the International Collaborative group on HNPCC.

TL;DR: The establishment of a set of selection criteria for families with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC, Lynch syndrome) to provide a basis for uniformity in collaborative studies and a definition of HNPCC was proposed that was aimed at helping clinicians to identify families.
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