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As a healthcare provider, you have likely encountered a patient requesting a commercially-available laboratory test to assist in diagnosing a particular disease. Over the past several years, clinical laboratory testing...
Lynch syndrome is a heritable cancer syndrome caused by variations in genes that are responsible for repairing errors in DNA. People with Lynch syndrome are at higher risk for developing many types of cancer, including...