Lynch Syndrome Ireland

Sugar-free diets, high dose vitamin C and other false cures for cancer – an expert guide to spotting misinformation

As social media has become less regulated in recent years, and the influence of conspiracy theorists has grown, cancer misinformation has grown along with it. Here is how you can find trustworthy sources….

https://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/health-features/sugar-free-diets-high-dose-vitamin-c-and-other-false-cures-for-cancer-an-expert-guide-to-spotting-misinformation/a805384138.html

Lynch Syndrome: Diagnosis & Treatment

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/lynch-syndrome/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20374719

Your GP may want you to consider genetic testing for Lynch syndrome if your family history has one or more of the following:

Multiple relatives with any Lynch-associated cancers, including colon cancer and endometrial cancer. Other cancers caused by Lynch syndrome include those that happen in the stomach, ovaries, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, ureters, brain, gallbladder, bile ducts, small intestine and skin.
One or more family members who had cancer before age 50.
One or more family members who have had more than one type of cancer.
More than one generation of family with the same type of cancer.

Lynch Syndrome Management Guidelines – Gene Specific 2024 – UKCGG

https://www.ukcgg.org/information-education/ukcgg-leaflets-and-guidelines/

Gynaecology and Lynch Syndrome

From LS UK Annual Conference 2024

Neil is a Clinical Lecturer and Gynaecology Oncology Surgical Subspecialty Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian. His passion is to improve the care of those with Lynch syndrome through prevention and personalised treatment.

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

My brain began to make a bolt for the door…..

https://adventuresofasickdoctor.blogspot.com/2024/07/here-we-go-again.html

“Prevention is better than cure – vaccination for Lynch syndrome”

LS UK Conference 2024 – Dr David Church

Four vaccine schemes could prevent 1,400 deaths – report

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0703/1457891-adult-vaccination-programmes/

A shingles vaccine is available on the market, but it is not given routinely in Ireland.

https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/shingles/

Universal Germline Genetic Testing for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes in Patients With Solid Tumour Cancer(2022)

Historically, professional society guidelines have recommended limited genetic testing for hereditary cancer syndromes (HCS) to patients with cancer thought to be at highest risk for carrying pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variants (PGVs) in a few selected genes.

Reasons for this approach were largely based on the high costs of testing, perceptions that HCS were rare in the general population, and a paucity of clinical utility.

Discussion of the current evidence that challenges these assumptions and supports the implementation of universal HCS testing among patients with solid tumours.

https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/PO.21.00516