Philomena is a 2013 British-French drama film directed by Stephen Frears, based on the 2009 book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by journalist Martin Sixsmith…….
I stood at the same door and spoke to the same Nun in 1994(the year I met my 47 y.o. sister for the first time).
In time this discovery led to learning I had inherited the MSH2 gene mutation and Lynch Syndrome affected my family.
Cancer risk and survival in path_MMR carriers by gene and gender up to 75 years of age: a report from
the Prospective Lynch Syndrome Database.
“You exist in a kind of limbo, trapped between your old life and an almost inevitable early death. There’s only one way out, the only question is when?”
https://bowelcancerman.wordpress.com/2020/10/19/lets-talk-about-dying-part-2/
“Recognising and addressing these concerns may reduce anxiety and improve willingness to participate in CCTs. Improvement in information delivery on CCT concepts is warranted and tailoring communication of CCT information would be beneficial, particularly for the groups highlighted in the study that had lower levels of understanding. Patients in the study indicated that having a patient navigator would be a useful aid and consideration of the use of trained facilitators to support communication of the importance of clinical research may be advantageous.”
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer https://t.co/FM5tlt1Wud via @irishcancersoc
— lynch syndrome irl (@Lynchsyndromirl) April 10, 2016
Lynch Syndrome Ireland 