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ICARE Social Media Post August 2025

New Gene Alert: RPS20

🚨 New Gene Alert! 🚨RPS20 has been identified as a colorectal cancer risk gene: Learn more at:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39920491/Reference: Amiot et al. Fam Cancer. 2025;24(1):22. PMID: 39920491. https://www.gimopen.org/article/S2949-7744(25)00981-1/fulltextReference: Herrera-Mullar et al. Genetics in Medicine Open. 2025;3(2):2949-7744. DOI: 10.1016/j.gimo.2025.102942

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ICARE Newsletter Winter 2015

Discovery of New Colorectal Cancer Genes

New inherited cancer genes continue to be discovered with the exciting advances made possible through next-generation sequencing technologies. Recent studies identified that the POL genes predispose to inherited colorectal cancer.1,2,3 In one study, Niemenen and colleagues studied a four-generation family with Lynch Syndrome with no evidence of mismatch repair deficiency.2 Through various means (including genetic …

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