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Lynch Syndrome Explainer
For a time, Lynch syndrome was called hereditary non-polyposis colon
cancer. That was an unfortunate misnomer because Lynch syndrome cancers can involve polyps and don’t just involve colon cancers.
Lynch syndrome is most commonly associated with colorectal and endometrial cancers. It also significantly increases the risk of cancer (2012 Risks of Primary Extracolonic Cancers Following Colorectal Cancer in Lynch Syndrome - open access) (of the ovary, stomach, hepatobiliary tract (liver/gallbladder), urinary
tract, pancreas, brain, skin, oesophagus and small bowel.
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