Cons:
*The results are not suitable for clinical use
*Sharing your genetic and health data with a large company
*Smaller ancestry database than some larger companies
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7th Annual DFCI LYNKED IN Lynch Syndrome Conference
LYNKED IN is a free annual, one-day educational conference for individuals with Lynch syndrome, their families, and caregivers, hosted by the Lynch Syndrome Center within the Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
This conference provides attendees with updates on guidelines for screening and prevention, strategies for communicating with your family, and advances in the treatment of Lynch syndrome. The goal is to connect and empower Lynch syndrome families.
Register here:
https://redcap.partners.org/redcap/surveys/?s=P4CC3W9THRCXA9EH
Having a Hereditary Cancer Syndrome Has Changed My Life
“Your diet is not only what you eat. It’s what you watch, what you listen to, what you read and the people you hang around, be mindful of the things you put into your body emotionally, spiritually and physically.”
https://www.curetoday.com/view/having-a-hereditary-cancer-syndrome-has-changed-my-life
Lynch syndrome e-Learning for primary care practitioner (NHS)
September is Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month
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Targeted immunotherapy helps Florida woman beat Lynch syndrome-driven colon cancer
“Fortunately, there’s been a lot of work for patients with Lynch syndrome,” says Dr. Jones. “It used to be that they had really aggressive cancers, and we just didn’t have a great way of treating them. But over the last five to seven years, we’ve had an explosion of drugs called immunotherapies. We’ve seen dramatic responses and unlikely cures in patients.”
Lynch syndrome; towards more personalised management?
The lifetime risk of each cancer in people with Lynch syndrome is gene-specific and may be modified by environmental factors.
Furthermore, the benefits of surveillance strategies need to be balanced against the risk of over-diagnosis and be supported by evidence of improved outcomes from cancer diagnosis in surveillance.
Therefore, people with Lynch syndrome may benefit from a personalised management approach.
Resistant Starch Provides Lasting Benefit in Lynch Syndrome
Regular bowel screening and aspirin reduce colorectal cancer among patients with LS but extracolonic cancers are difficult to detect and manage. This study suggests that RS reduces morbidity associated with extracolonic cancers.
Taking a supplement of 30 grams of “resistant starch” a day – about the amount in two slightly unripe bananas – reduced the risk of multiple forms of cancer in people with Lynch Syndrome
The global burden of cancer attributable to risk factors, 2010–19: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Half of all cancer deaths could be avoided by behavioural change. More could be prevented if we identified those at genomic risk and implemented risk reduction strategies. Funders must fund more prevention research. It’s the low hanging fruit
Although some cancer cases are not preventable, governments can work on a population level to support an environment that minimises exposure to known cancer risk factors. Primary prevention, or the prevention of a cancer developing, is a particularly cost-effective strategy,
8although it must be paired with more comprehensive efforts to address cancer burden, including secondary prevention initiatives, such as screening programmes, and ensuring effective capacity to diagnose and treat those with cancer.
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