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Author: Suerink, M.
Title: Germline variants in the mismatch repair genes: Detection and phenotype
Issue date: 2021-03-03
Manon Suerink
ISBN: 978-94-6332-738-1 © 2021 Manon Suerink
Cover design, illustration & lay-out: Esther Beekman (www.estherontwerpt.nl) Printed by: GVO drukkers B.V., Ede
The research presented in this thesis was financially supported by the Duch Cancer Society (grant number: KWF UL-2012-5155).
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Germline variants in the mismatch
repair genes:
detection and phenotype
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden
op gezag van rector magnificus prof. dr. ir. H. Bijl
volgens besluit van het college voor promoties
te verdedigen op woensdag 3 maart 2021
klokke 16.15 uur
door
Manon Suerink
geboren te Rijswijk
Promotor
Prof. dr. C.J. van Asperen Co-promotores
Dr. M. Nielsen Dr. J.T. van Wezel
Leden promotiecommissie Prof. dr. P. Devilee
Prof. dr. M.E. van Leerdam
Prof. dr. R.H. Sijmons (University Medical Centre Groningen) Prof. dr. M.J.L. Ligtenberg (Radboud University Medical Centre)
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Chapter 1 General introductionPart I – Detection
Chapter 2 Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency in a healthy child: On the spot diagnosis?
Clinical Genetics. January 2018
Chapter 3 Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency as a differential diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 1: consensus guidelines for testing a child without malignancy
Journal of Medical Genetics. February 2019
Chapter 4 Prevalence of mismatch repair deficiency and Lynch syndrome in a cohort of unselected small bowel adenocarcinomas
Journal of Clinical Pathology. Online ahead of print in 2020
Chapter 5 Well documented high-grade serous ovarian cancers should not be tested for mismatch repair deficiency
Manuscript in preparation
Part II – Phenotype
Chapter 6 An alternative approach to establishing unbiased colorectal cancer risk estimation in Lynch syndrome
Genetics in Medicine. December 2019
Chapter 7 The effect of genotypes and parent of origin on cancer risk and age of cancer development in PMS2 mutation carriers
Genetics in Medicine. April 2016
Chapter 8 Incidence of (adenomatous) polyps and colorectal cancer in patients with PMS2-associated Lynch syndrome undergoing surveillance: a prospective cohort analysis
Manuscript in preparation
Chapter 9 General discussion Chapter 10 Dutch summary
List of publications Acknowledgments Curriculum vitae