Identification of Lynch syndrome by microsatellite instability and mismatch repair deficiency testing on colorectal adenomas

Eur J Hum Genet. 2020 Mar;28(3):275-276. doi: 10.1038/s41431-019-0562-7. Epub 2019 Dec 19.

Authors

Leah H Biller¹, Matthew B Yurgelun²

Affiliations

¹ Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. matthew_yurgelun@dfci.harvard.edu.

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MeSH terms

Adenoma*
Brain Neoplasms
Colorectal Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Colorectal Neoplasms* / genetics
Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis* / diagnosis
Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis* / genetics
Humans
Microsatellite Instability
Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary

Supplementary concepts

Turcot syndrome