It is estimated that as many as 1 in 300 people have Lynch syndrome, but very few people even know what Lynch Syndrome is. Lynch Syndrome is a genetic disorder that increases the likelihood of developing certain types of cancer, most commonly colorectal cancer. The other name for the condition is hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). And because Lynch Syndrome is a dominant hereditary trait, if just one parent has the gene, the odds are very high that the condition will be ... [Read More]
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