Answers from the Lab

Megan Hoenig, M.S., M.P.H., CGC, explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' unique hypermethylation analysis (Mayo ID: MLHPB) provides critical adjunct information for managing Lynch syndrome. That genetic condition increases patients' risk for many kinds of cancer.


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Could you provide our listeners with a little bit about yourself and your background?
 
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 Could you give an overview of our MLH1 hypermethylation, also referred to as MLHPB in our test catalog? 
 
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 Can you talk about why your team thought it was really important to develop this test?
 
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 What patients would this testing really benefit?
 
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How are the results used in patient care?
 
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 Anything else you would like our listeners to hear about MLHPB?

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