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ArticleJournal of medical genetics2024

Estimating cancer risk in carriers of Lynch syndrome variants in UK Biobank.

Eilidh Fummey, Pau Navarro, John-Paul Plazzer, Ian M Frayling, Sara Knott, Albert Tenesa

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Article in Journal of medical genetics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Eilidh FummeyMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0009-0006-0443-4799
Pau NavarroMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
John-Paul PlazzerColorectal Medicine and Genetics, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Ian M FraylingThe Centre for Familial Intestinal Cancer, St Mark's the National Bowel Hospital and Academic Institute, London, UK.
Sara KnottInstitute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Albert TenesaMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK albert.tenesa@ed.ac.uk.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/S508032/1, BBS/E/D/10002070, BBS/E/D/30002275, BBS/E/RL/230001AMedical Research Council MC_PC_U127561128, MC_PC_U127592696, MC_UU_00007/10, MR/P015514/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BackgroundLynch syndrome (LS) is an inherited cancer predisposition syndrome caused by genetic variants affecting DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes

methods830 carriers of pathogenic or likely pathogenic (

resultsCumulative incidence of colorectal and endometrial cancer (EC) by age 70 years was elevated in

conclusionThese results support offering incidentally identified carriers of any

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Biological Specimen BanksColorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary NonpolyposisDNA Mismatch RepairGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseAdultAgedBreast NeoplasmsDNA-Binding ProteinsEndometrial NeoplasmsExome SequencingFemaleHeterozygoteHumansIncidenceMiddle AgedMutL Protein Homolog 1DNA-Binding ProteinsMLH1 protein, humanMSH2 protein, humanMutL Protein Homolog 1MutS Homolog 2 ProteinGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGerm-Line MutationHuman GeneticsNeoplasmsWhole Exome Sequencing

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PMID39004446
PMCPMC11420727

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