She said women with the defect often don't realize they also are at risk for endometrial and ovarian cancer. Lu and her team examined the records of 315 women with Lynch syndrome.

One in every 440 Americans has Lynch syndrome, yet an estimated 95 percent of people do not know that have it. AliveAndKickn is an organization that strives to shine the spotlight on this condition ...

Lynch syndrome is a hereditary cancer syndrome that predisposes its carriers to various cancers, especially colorectal cancers. Due to the hereditary cancer risk, Lynch syndrome carriers undergo ...

Lynch syndrome causes about 4,300 colorectal cancers and 1,800 uterine (endometrial) cancers per year. There are already vaccines that prevent certain types of cancers.

Background: Currently there is no consensus on when to use microsatellite instability (MSI) and/or immunohistochemistry (IHC) testing of colorectal cancers (CRC) to detect carriers of the Lynch ...