Lynch syndrome - Hidden in Plain Sight. A commentary on the paper Lynch syndrome screening in colorectal cancer: results of a prospective two-year regional programme validating the NICE diagnostics guidance pathway across a 5.2 million population

Bowel Cancer UK estimate that 175,000 people in the UK have Lynch Syndrome, yet fewer than 5% of this number are aware that they have the condition¹ . Contemporaries to Lynch, such as the BRCA (breast cancer) gene, have become household names. Perhaps this is due to greater awareness within the medical field, the media or Angelina Jolie, yet Lynch Syndrome still lags behind in the professional and public consciousness.