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Table 1 Screening Guidelines

From: Oncologic surveillance for subjects with biallelic mismatch repair gene mutations-10 year follow-up in a kindred

Cancer

Recommendations

Colon

Colonoscopy yearly*

Upper GI Tract and small bowel

EGD yearly*

Video capsule endoscopy *

Brain+

MRI brain q 6 months

Leukemia+

Lymphoma+

CBC, DNA for T-cell and B-cell rearrangement, serum LDH q 3 to 6 months

Urinary tract

Abdominal ultrasound at birth or diagnosis

  1. EGD, Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
  2. *beginning at 3 years of age or at diagnosis with frequency determined by baseline findings
  3. +if diagnosed prenatally brain, leukemia/lymphoma screening should commence at birth
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Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice

ISSN: 1897-4287