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Margaret Cook Swanson Colon Cancer Awareness Group

This is the group that was started on Facebook to bring awareness to HNPCC. Feel free to join this group if you are interested in raising the awareness of genetic colon cancer. We will also be investigating ways to raise funds to help those who can't afford the testing required to diagnose colon cancer.
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ivy.razmus said…
Oklahoma State University is offering free colorectal cancer screeeings to qualifying Oklahomans. The university's Department of Surgery was awarded a grant to provide free screenings. The program is a collaborative effort betwen OSU center for Health Sciences in Tulsa and the Oklahoma State Health Department. To qualify for a free colonoscopy, you must be a Oklahoma resident between 50 and 64, uninsured and a legal citizen.
To see whether you qualify or to make an appointment cal 918-747-5322.

If they were aware about HNPCC they would be offering it to family members who have colon cancer that runs in the family.......as another option besides age.
We need health care providers to be as aware as health care recipients.

Working on a brochure that gives more information about HNPCC, stay tuned.
Ivy
January 25, 2009 at 12:11 PM
ivy.razmus said…
LYNCH SYNDROME I
Alternative titles; symbols

COLORECTAL CANCER, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS, TYPE 1; HNPCC1
COLON CANCER, FAMILIAL NONPOLYPOSIS, TYPE 1; FCC1
COCA1
LYNCH SYNDROME II, INCLUDED

Gene map locus 2p22-p21
TEXT

A number sign (#) is used with this entry because Lynch syndrome I, also known as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), is caused by heterozygous mutations in mismatch repair genes (MMR). HNPCC1 refers to the disorder caused by mutations in the MSH2 gene (609309).

HNPCC is a genetically heterogeneous disease. In addition to mutations in the MSH2 gene, mutations in the MLH1 (120436), PMS1 (600258), PMS2 (600259), MSH6 (600678), TFGBR2 (190182), and MLH3 (604395) genes have been identified in HNPCC. Since defects in the MSH2 gene may account for as many as 60% of HNPCC cases, and defects in the MLH1 gene may play a role in up to 30%, defects in these 2 genes likely account for the vast majority of HNPCC cases.
July 10, 2009 at 10:30 AM
ivy.razmus said…
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=120435
July 10, 2009 at 10:33 AM
ivy.razmus said…
ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=lynchsyndrome
July 10, 2009 at 10:38 AM
ivy.razmus said…
Although the polyps do not occur in greater numbers than in the general population, they are more likely to become cancerous. Lynch Syndrome.
July 10, 2009 at 10:41 AM
ivy.razmus said…
ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=lynchsyndrome
MD Anderson is also changing the name!
lets put the HNPCC second....Lynch Syndrome
(Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal)http://www2.mdanderson.org/app/pe/index.cfm?pageName=opendoc&docid=2133
July 10, 2009 at 10:47 AM
ivy.razmus said…
Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Colorectal Cancer (CGA)
http://www.cgaicc.com/
The CGA focuses on families with rare forms of colorectal cancer, including Lynch syndrome.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Genetics of Colorectal Cancer
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/colorectal/healthprofessional
1-800- 4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237)
Click on the link on the left hand side of the page to access more information on Lynch syndrome.
Cancer.Net
July 10, 2009 at 10:49 AM
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