Although it's a small group of individuals (with Lynch syndrome), their risk is exponentially high.

For women who have this condition and are at an extremely high risk for two gynecological cancers, this study provides a positive finding. We now have definitive evidence for doing something proactively that will prevent women with Lynch syndrome from ever getting either endometrial, or ovarian cancers, or even both.

An incoming ninth-grader who hasn't passed algebra is certainly at risk of failing the exit exam.

Don't just assume you've had it because if you haven't you're making a wrong assumption and putting yourself at risk.

This study is a very important reminder to physicians to pay particular attention to a woman's family history of colon, endometrial and ovarian cancers, with genetic counseling becoming of utmost importance. If women with Lynch syndrome are identified, there needs to be coordinated care between the gastrointestinal and obstetrics and gynecologic medical disciplines.

We now have definitive evidence for doing something proactively that will prevent women with Lynch syndrome from ever getting either endometrial, or ovarian cancers, or even both.