Healio
March 22, 2017
March 22 is National Lynch Syndrome Awareness Day, which aims to draw attention to hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes.
Lynch syndrome is the most common inherited CRC syndrome, contributing to 3% to 5% of all cases of CRC and to 10% to 15% of all young-onset CRCs, according to Carol A. Burke, MD, FACG, president of the ACG and a gastroenterologist specializing in hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes at the Cleveland Clinic. As many as 1 million Americans may have Lynch syndrome, and up to 500,000 carriers may not be aware of their significantly increased risk for CRC, as well as endometrial, ovarian, gastric, small bowel and urothelial tract cancers, she said in a press release.