Article
[Hereditary colorectal cancer].
Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke - 30 Oct 1999
Stormorken A T, Apold J, Heimdal K, Møller P
Abstract excerpt
About 13% of all colorectal cancer may be dominantly inherited. This amounts to about 300 new cases a year in Norway. Colorectal cancer can be cured by early diagnosis and treatment. Coloscopy with polypectomy may prevent infiltrating cancer. Affected families should be offered genetic evaluation, and family members subjected to regular colonoscopy. The genetic bases of five colorectal cancer syndromes,...
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