Screening Families of North Texans to Identify Persons with an Increased Risk for Cancer Due to Lynch Syndrome

Theodora Ross; Sara Pirzadeh-Miller; Sayoni Lahiri; Amber Gemmell

Screening Families of North Texans to Identify Persons with an Increased Risk for Cancer Due to Lynch Syndrome

Tex Med. 2019 Dec 1;115(12):e1.

Authors

Theodora Ross, Sara Pirzadeh-Miller, Sayoni Lahiri, Amber Gemmell

PMID: 31800088

Abstract

In 2016, the UT Southwestern Medical Center's Cancer Genetics Program was awarded a grant (PP160103) by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to increase awareness of hereditary cancer syndromes, particularly Lynch syndrome (LS), and implement a population-based genetic screening program to identify those at high genetic risk for cancer.

MeSH terms

Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / complications
Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / diagnosis*
Early Detection of Cancer*
Endometrial Neoplasms / etiology
Endometrial Neoplasms / genetics
Family*
Female
Genetic Testing*
Humans
Mass Screening*
Medical History Taking*
Ovarian Neoplasms / etiology
Ovarian Neoplasms / genetics
Risk Factors
Texas