Whole Gene Capture Analysis of 15 CRC Susceptibility Genes in Suspected Lynch Syndrome Patients.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Lynch Syndrome (LS) is caused by pathogenic germline variants in one of the mismatch repair (MMR) genes. However, up to 60% of MMR-deficient colorectal cancer cases are categorized as suspected Lynch Syndrome (sLS) because no pathogenic MMR germline variant can be identified, whi...

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Main Authors: Anne M L Jansen, Marije A Geilenkirchen, Tom van Wezel, Shantie C Jagmohan-Changur, Dina Ruano, Heleen M van der Klift, Brendy E W M van den Akker, Jeroen F J Laros, Michiel van Galen, Anja Wagner, Tom G W Letteboer, Encarna B Gómez-García, Carli M J Tops, Hans F Vasen, Peter Devilee, Frederik J Hes, Hans Morreau, Juul T Wijnen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4907507?pdf=render