Colorectal Cancer

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Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve the identification and management of Lynch syndrome.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 14th November 2017

Testing for Lynch syndrome in people with colorectal cancer is targeted using criteria based on family history and age of cancer onset to determine those at highest risk. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance recommends extending this offer to all people with colorectal cancer when they are first diagnosed.

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