Increasing incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer

FA Sinicrope - New England Journal of Medicine, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Early-onset disease (at< 50 years of age) accounts for 10%
of colorectal cancer cases, and the incidence is increasing, particularly in high-income …

The challenge of genetic variants of uncertain clinical significance: a narrative review

W Burke, E Parens, WK Chung, SM Berger… - Annals of internal …, 2022 - acpjournals.org
Genomic tests expand diagnostic and screening opportunities but also identify genetic
variants of uncertain clinical significance (VUSs). Only a minority of VUSs are likely to prove …

NCCN guidelines® Insights: biliary tract cancers, version 2.2023: featured updates to the NCCN guidelines

AB Benson, MI D'Angelica, T Abrams… - Journal of the National …, 2023 - jnccn.org
In 2023, the NCCN Guidelines for Hepatobiliary Cancers were divided into 2 separate
guidelines: Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Biliary Tract Cancers. The NCCN Guidelines for …

Prevalence of germline findings among tumors from cancer types lacking hereditary testing guidelines

TA Yap, A Ashok, J Stoll, E Mauer… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Germline testing guidelines are suggested for specific disease types or a family
history of cancer, yet alterations are found in cancer types in which germline testing is not …

[HTML][HTML] Germline cancer susceptibility gene testing in unselected patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma: a multicenter prospective study

PLS Uson Jr, D Riegert-Johnson, L Boardman… - Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Hereditary factors play a role in the development of colorectal cancer
(CRC). Identification of germline predisposition can have implications on treatment and …

Prospective statewide study of universal screening for hereditary colorectal cancer: the Ohio colorectal cancer prevention initiative

R Pearlman, WL Frankel, BJ Swanson… - JCO Precision …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Hereditary cancer syndromes infer high cancer risks and require intensive
surveillance. Identification of high-risk individuals among patients with colorectal cancer …

Interpreting and integrating genomic tests results in clinical cancer care: Overview and practical guidance

R Casolino, PA Beer, D Chakravarty… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The last decade has seen rapid progress in the use of genomic tests, including gene panels,
whole‐exome sequencing, and whole‐genome sequencing, in research and clinical cancer …

Universal germline genetic testing for hereditary cancer syndromes in patients with solid tumor cancer

ED Esplin, SM Nielsen, SL Bristow, JE Garber… - JCO Precision …, 2022 - ascopubs.org
Historically, professional society guidelines have recommended limited genetic testing for
hereditary cancer syndromes (HCS) to patients with cancer thought to be at highest risk for …

Universal Germline and Tumor Genomic Testing Needed to Win the War Against Cancer: Genomics Is the Diagnosis

V Subbiah, R Kurzrock - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2023 - ascopubs.org
Cancer is a genomic disease in that gene alterations drive the cellular growth and immune
surveillance perturbations that enable malignant cells to take hold and to metastasize …

Comprehensive cancer predisposition testing within the prospective MASTER trial identifies hereditary cancer patients and supports treatment decisions for rare …

A Jahn, A Rump, TJ Widmann, C Heining, P Horak… - Annals of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Germline variant evaluation in precision oncology opens new paths toward the
identification of patients with genetic tumor risk syndromes and the exploration of therapeutic …