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| Yvonne M C HendriksSummaryAffiliation: Leiden University Medical Center Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Heterozygous mutations in PMS2 cause hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma (Lynch syndrome)Yvonne M C Hendriks
Center for Human and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Gastroenterology 130:312-22. 2006..To date, only 7 different heterozygous truncating PMS2 mutations have been reported in HNPCC-suspected families. Our aim was to further assess the role of PMS2 in HNPCC...
The natural history of a combined defect in MSH6 and MUTYH in a HNPCC familyMarjo van Puijenbroek
Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Building L1Q, P O Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
Fam Cancer 6:43-51. 2007..In conclusion, these data would support the notion that abrogation of both MSH6 DNA mismatch repair and base repair might be mutually exclusive in humans...
Cancer risk in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer due to MSH6 mutations: impact on counseling and surveillanceYvonne M C Hendriks
Center of Human and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Gastroenterology 127:17-25. 2004..Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma (HNPCC) is caused by a mutated mismatch repair (MMR) gene. The aim of our study was to determine the cumulative risk of developing cancer in a large series of MSH6 mutation carriers...
Diagnostic approach and management of Lynch syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma): a guide for cliniciansYvonne M C Hendriks
Center of Human and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
CA Cancer J Clin 56:213-25. 2006..The diagnostic scheme presented here allows efficient and effective analysis of colorectal carcinoma cases with (suspected) Lynch syndrome, making optimal use of currently available technology...
Decrease in mortality in Lynch syndrome families because of surveillanceAndrea E de Jong
The Netherlands Foundation for the Detection of Hereditary Tumors, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Gastroenterology 130:665-71. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Since the introduction of surveillance, the mortality because of CRC has decreased. Except for brain tumors, we did not find a significantly increased AER for tumors other than CRC/EC...
