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Would you treat a Stage I ER/PR positive HER2 negative breast cancer differently if it is associated with Lynch syndrome?

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Medical Oncology · Avita Health System
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In reviewing the literature, there are a number of articles describing the risk of breast cancer in patients with Lynch syndrome such as this: (Nikitin et al., PMID 32547938). The cliff notes are that in patients with Lynch syndrome and certain mutations, there appears to be a small but definite inc...

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Radiation Oncology · West Virginia University
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Most germline mutations such as MSH6 (Lynch) involve tumor suppressor genes so it wouldn't be surprising that there is some limited data suggesting an increased risk of a potential RT-induced second malignancy; this speaks to the philosophy of shared decision making but it shouldn't deter a discussi...

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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Yes, I would treat like any other ER positive patient with breast cancer.

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