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ReviewFamilial cancer2026

Routes to colorectal cancer in Lynch syndrome: a decade of molecular and clinical insights converging on Schrödinger's cat.

Aysel Ahadova, Fatima Fayyaz, Leon Marin Grez, Hendrik Bläker, Matthias Kloor

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Review in Familial cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Aysel AhadovaDepartment of Applied Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. aysel.ahadova@med.uni-heidelberg.de.ORCID 0000-0001-9890-0450
Fatima FayyazDepartment of Applied Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Leon Marin GrezDepartment of Applied Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Hendrik BläkerInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Matthias KloorDepartment of Applied Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. matthias.kloor@med.uni-heidelberg.de.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) development in Lynch syndrome (LS) has long been regarded to follow an adenoma-carcinoma sequence accelerated in comparison to microsatellite-stable (MSS) CRC development. Yet, several clinical observations challenged this hypothesis, most notably the persistently high CRC incidence under colonoscopy surveillance, a non-measurable benefit from shorter screening intervals, and substantial differences in cancer risk between carriers of the different mismatch repair (MMR) genes. Advances in the last decade have produced new hypotheses, highlighting the distinct biology of LS CRC and unravelling several co-existing pathways to cancer. Alongside the genomic heterogeneity, the immunogenic load created by the accumulation of frameshift mutations imposing selective pressure and leading to immune evasion, appears to be a critical step for cancer manifestation. We discuss potential clinical implications of these advances in understanding CRC pathogenesis for cancer prevention in LS and outline open questions that remain.

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Colorectal NeoplasmsColorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary NonpolyposisDNA Mismatch RepairHumansMicrosatellite InstabilityAdenomaCancer evolutionCancer pathwaysColorectal carcinogenesisLynch syndromeMicrosatellite instability

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PMID42550307
PMCPMC13437670

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