Using a multistep approach with multidisciplinary team to increase the diagnosis rate of Lynch syndrome-associated colorectal cancer after universal screening: a single-center study in Japan.
Kyota TatsutaMayu SakataMoriya IwaizumiRisa KojimaKatsumasa YamanakaSatoshi BabaKatsunori SuzukiYoshifumi MoritaHirotoshi KikuchiYoshihiro HiramatsuKiyotaka KurachiHiroya TakeuchiPublished in: Hereditary cancer in clinical practice (2023)
MA has achieved appropriate pickup of suspected hereditary colorectal cancer patients and complemented the lack of knowledge about genetic diseases. The introduction of MA increased LS-associated colorectal cancer after universal screening. MA is an appropriate LS screening protocol for Japanese patients who lag behind in medical and human genetics education.