"Go ahead and screen" - advice to healthcare systems for routine lynch syndrome screening from interviews with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer patients

CONCLUSION: Our qualitative findings demonstrate patients with CRC have a strong desire for healthcare systems to regularly implement and offer UTS. Patients offer key insights for health systems to guide future implementation and optimization of UTS and other LS screening programs and maximize diagnosis of individuals with LS and improve cancer-related surveillance and outcomes.TRIAL REGISTRATION: Not available: not a clinical trial.PMID:37978552 | DOI:10.1186/s13053-023-00270-4

Source: Clinical Colorectal Cancer - November 18, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Jennifer L Schneider Alison J Firemark Sara Gille James Davis Pamala A Pawloski Su-Ying Liang Mara M Epstein Jan Lowery Christine Y Lu Ravi N Sharaf Andrea N Burnett-Hartman Victoria Schlieder Zachary M Salvati Deborah Cragun Alanna Kulchak Rahm Jessica E Source Type: research