Genetic Testing in Colorectal Surgery: Routine Profiling of Tumor Genomes is Not Far Off

Susan K Clark^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, St Mark's, The National Bowel Hospital, Harrow, UK.
² Professor of Practice (Colorectal Surgery), Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, London, UK.

Editorial

Susan K Clark. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022.

. 2022 Jun 1;65(6):783-784.

doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002386. Epub 2022 May 3.

Susan K Clark^{1

2}

¹ Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, St Mark's, The National Bowel Hospital, Harrow, UK.
² Professor of Practice (Colorectal Surgery), Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, London, UK.

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Application of Multigene Panel Testing in Patients With High Risk for Hereditary Colorectal Cancer: A Descriptive Report Focused on Genotype-Phenotype Correlation.
Park JS, Park JW, Shin S, Lee ST, Shin SJ, Min BS, Park SJ, Park JJ, Cheon JH, Kim WH, Kim TI. Park JS, et al. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Jun 1;65(6):793-803. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002039. Epub 2022 May 3. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022. PMID: 34897210

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