Physician Resources

Clinical Summaries are short descriptions of selected key articles from the peer-reviewed medical literature.  They are provided for the clinical education of healthcare professionals.

Health benefits and cost-effectiveness of primary genetic screening for Lynch syndrome in the general population Dinh TA, et al. Cancer Prev Res 2011; 4(1): 9-22

Lynch Syndrome (HNPCC)  Myths versus Facts

Lower incidence of colorectal cancer and later age of disease onset in 27 families with pathogenic MSH6 germline mutations compared with families with MLH1 or MSH2 mutations: The German Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer Consortium Plaschke, et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2004: 22(22): 4486-94. Editorial p 4449-51