[The Lynch syndrome].

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Lynch syndrome is a peculiar disease, accounting for 5% of the total burden of colon cancer. Characteristics of this disease are autosomal dominant transmission, early onset, and frequent right colon localization. Diagnostic criteria, aimed to collaborative studies, are based on these features (so called Amsterdam criteria). Lynch syndrome has specific biomolecular features (microsatellite instability); mismatch...

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