DNA mismatch repair deficiency and hereditary syndromes in Latino patients with colorectal cancer.
Charité N RickerDiana L HannaCheng PengNathalie T NguyenMariana C SternStephanie L SchmitGreg E IdosRavi PatelSteven TsaiVeronica RamirezSonia LinVinay ShamasunadaraAfsaneh BarziHeinz-Josef LenzJane C FigueiredoPublished in: Cancer (2017)
The percentage of dMMR tumors noted among Latino individuals (13%) is similar to estimates in non-Hispanic white individuals. In the current study, the majority of individuals with dMMR tumors were confirmed to have Lynch syndrome. Cancer 2017. © 2017 The Authors. Cancer published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Cancer Society. Cancer 2017;123:3732-3743. © 2017 American Cancer Society.