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Fig. 1 | Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice

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From: Using a multistep approach with multidisciplinary team to increase the diagnosis rate of Lynch syndrome-associated colorectal cancer after universal screening: a single-center study in Japan

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Flow charts of the universal screening for Lynch syndrome over time

In the pre-multidisciplinary team management group, only surgeons explained the possibility of LS and referred patients to receive genetic counseling. In the multidisciplinary team management group, surgeons, genetic counselors, and medical geneticists each have their own role

dMMR: deficient MMR, LS: Lynch syndrome, CRC: colorectal cancer

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