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"If you don't ask the right questions, you do not get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the A-B-C of diagnosis. Only the inquiring mind solves problems.
-Edward Hodnett (1841-1920)
PROFESSIONAL TOOLS
Diagnostic Identification Tools: Essential and effective tools available to medical professionals to calculate the risk for Lynch syndrome.
PREMM Prediction Model for MLH1 or MSH2 - An easy qustionaire clinical prediction designed to determine the clinical probability of an individual carrying a mutation of the basic Lynch cancers.
MMR Pro- This assessment device developed by Johns Hopkins researchers allows medical health professionals and families to make decisions about cancer prevention screenings and calculates the risk of an individual carrying a gene defect. It alleviates the time necessary to assess a family history and is stated to accurately identify more at risk individuals. Download page and Tool Information. Other tools for genetic risk are also available upon this page.
Reviewed 6/07/2013