Somatic Nonepigenetic Mismatch Repair Gene Aberrations Underly Most Mismatch Repair-Deficient Lynch-Like Tumors

Gastroenterology. 2021 Mar;160(4):1414-1416.e3. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.11.042. Epub 2020 Nov 28.
No abstract available

Keywords: Germline Variants; Lynch Syndrome; Microsatellite Instability; Mismatch Repair Deficiency; Somatic Mutations.

Publication types

  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cohort Studies
  • Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / epidemiology
  • Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / genetics*
  • DNA Mismatch Repair*
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microsatellite Instability
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Mutation
  • Netherlands / epidemiology
  • Prevalence
  • Young Adult