Equality in lynch syndrome screening: why should we hold patients with endometrial cancer to a different standard?

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¹ Genomic Medicine Institute; Lerner Research Institute; and Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Genomic Medicine Institute; Lerner Research Institute; Taussig Cancer Institute; Stanley Shalom Zielony Institute of Nursing Excellence, Cleveland Clinic; and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio engc@ccf.org.

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Jessica Moline et al. J Clin Oncol. 2014.

. 2014 Jul 20;32(21):2277.

doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.55.3602. Epub 2014 Jun 9.

¹ Genomic Medicine Institute; Lerner Research Institute; and Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Genomic Medicine Institute; Lerner Research Institute; Taussig Cancer Institute; Stanley Shalom Zielony Institute of Nursing Excellence, Cleveland Clinic; and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio engc@ccf.org.

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Reply to J. Moline et al.
Buchanan DD, Tan YY, Walsh MD, Clendenning M, Metcalf AM, Ferguson K, Arnold ST, Thompson BA, Lose FA, Parsons MT, Walters RJ, Pearson SA, Cummings M, Oehler MK, Blomfield PB, Quinn MA, Kirk JA, Stewart CJ, Obermair A, Young JP, Webb PM, Spurdle AB. Buchanan DD, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2014 Jul 20;32(21):2278-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.55.8213. Epub 2014 Jun 9. J Clin Oncol. 2014. PMID: 24912891 No abstract available.

Tumor mismatch repair immunohistochemistry and DNA MLH1 methylation testing of patients with endometrial cancer diagnosed at age younger than 60 years optimizes triage for population-level germline mismatch repair gene mutation testing.
Buchanan DD, Tan YY, Walsh MD, Clendenning M, Metcalf AM, Ferguson K, Arnold ST, Thompson BA, Lose FA, Parsons MT, Walters RJ, Pearson SA, Cummings M, Oehler MK, Blomfield PB, Quinn MA, Kirk JA, Stewart CJ, Obermair A, Young JP, Webb PM, Spurdle AB. Buchanan DD, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2014 Jan 10;32(2):90-100. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.51.2129. Epub 2013 Dec 9. J Clin Oncol. 2014. PMID: 24323032 Free PMC article.