Evaluation of a population‐based approach to familial colorectal cancer

• Published in: Clinical Genetics
• Main Authors: Parfrey, P.S., Dicks, E., Parfrey, O., McNicholas, P.J., Noseworthy, H., Woods, M.O., Negriin, C., Green, J.
• Other Authors: Department of Health, Australian Government, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Department of Health
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Lynch; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cge.12877; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fcge.12877; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/cge.12877

As Newfoundland has the highest rate of familial colorectal cancer ( CRC ) in the world, we started a population‐based clinic to provide colonoscopic and Lynch syndrome ( LS ) screening recommendations to families of CRC patients based on family risk. Of 1091 incident patients 51% provided a family...