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How do we approach the goal of identifying everybody with Lynch Syndrome?

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This work was supported by grants CA67941 and CA16058 from the United States National Institutes of Health.

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Hampel, H., de la Chapelle, A. How do we approach the goal of identifying everybody with Lynch Syndrome?. Familial Cancer 12, 313–317 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10689-013-9611-5

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