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After Three Cancer Diagnoses and a Positive BRCA Test, Endometrial Cancer

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March 05, 2021

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Tags: Lynch Syndrome , Endometrial Cancer

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A Mother and Daughter: BRCA2 Mutation and Lynch Syndrome

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Love, Life and Lynch Syndrome

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Tags: Lynch Syndrome , Colorectal Cancer , Endometrial Cancer

July 04, 2020

Breast and Endometrial Cancer Leads to a Lynch Syndrome Diagnosis

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March 04, 2020

Learning I Had Lynch Syndrome Helped Save My Life

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