Australia - Cancer Directory - Lynch Syndrome booklet (pdf file - updated Jan 25, 2012)

Understanding genetic tests for Lynch syndrome. Information and decision aid

Year first published or reviewed: 2010
Last updated on: 25-01-2012
By: Centre for Genetics Education

 

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Lynch syndrome cancers
People affected by Lynch syndrome have a higher risk of bowel cancer
and some other cancers listed in the table below.

Men with Lynch syndrome are at
high risk of developing:
large bowel cancer

Women with Lynch syndrome are
at high risk of developing:
large bowel cancer
endometrial cancer
ovarian cancer

Men and women have an
increased risk of developing:
cancers of the stomach, small
bowel, kidney, brain, pancreas,
ureter (tube from kidney to
bladder

Development of a culturally tailored genetic counseling booklet about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer for Black women.