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Background
Having a first‐degree relative (FDR) with colorectal cancer (CRC) is a significant risk factor for CRC. Counseling for FDRs regarding CRC risk factors and personalized risk is important to improve knowledge and screening compliance.
Methods
A 3‐arm randomized controlled trial compared tailored in‐person and telephone CRC counseling interventions with controls among FDRs who were not...
BACKGROUNDIn November 2001, genetic testing for Lynch syndrome (LS) was introduced by the Ministry of Health and Long‐Term Care (MOH) in Ontario for individuals at high risk for LS cancers according to either tumor immunohistochemistry staining or their family history. This article describes the outcomes of the program and makes recommendations for improving it and informing other public health care...
BACKGROUND:Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common extraintestinal malignancy in Lynch syndrome (LS) and often is the sentinel malignancy, yet there is no consensus regarding LS‐EC detection algorithms. In this study, the authors determined the efficacy of family/personal history and tumor morphology in predicting LS in a cohort of patients with EC who had mutation‐proven LS.
METHODS:Amsterdam...
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