ItaLynch: an ongoing Italian study to evaluate the feasibility of mainstreaming the diagnosis of Lynch syndrome in colorectal cancer patients

The ItaLynch project is an ongoing, prospective, observational, multicenter Italian clinical trial designed to evaluate the feasibility of mainstreaming genetic testing for Lynch syndrome (LS)

Highlights
  • •This is a prospective, observational, multicenter, multidisciplinary, Italian study.
  • •Investigating the feasibility of a new diagnostic algorithm for LS.
  • •A ‘Lynch alert’ in the pathology report is used as a clear warning to clinicians.
  • Proposing a shift to an oncologist-led mainstreaming genetic testing.
  • •This study encourages the establishment of multidisciplinary workgroups.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949819824000050

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