Lynch syndrome: a three-fold increase in cancer risk

Sebastian Barnard explains the hereditary cancer-predisposition syndrome Lynch syndrome and how it increases cancer risk.

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Sebastian Barnard is a newly qualified genetic counsellor awaiting his HPCSA registration. He works at the National Health Laboratory Service in Braamfontein, where he supports prenatal, paediatric, and cancer clinics at state hospitals and lectures postgraduate students. His interests include CGH-Array interpretation and hereditary cancers; the latter he developed during his Master’s research on genetic testing for gynaecological cancers in public and private healthcare settings.