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Changes to This Summary (11/12/2015)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Major Genetic Syndromes

Added NTHL1 as a new subsection.

Added Aytac et al. as reference 516.

Psychosocial Issues in Hereditary Colon Cancer Syndromes

Added text about a study of 145 patients with colorectal cancer in the Kaiser Permanente Northwest health care system who were surveyed before receiving their microsatellite instability results in which most patients had a positive attitude toward tumor screening (cited Hunter et al. as reference 13).

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