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Association of a duodenal follicular lymphoma and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 May 2000
Rosty C, Brière J, Cellier C, Delabesse E, Carnot F, Barbier J P, Laurent-Puig P
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is an inherited predisposition to colorectal and endometrial cancers caused by germline mutation of mismatch repair genes, with hMLH1 and hMSH2 underlying the majority of the cases. Although lymphoid tumors are the most common tumors in mouse models for HNPCC, lymphomas are almost never encountered in patients who have HNPCC, except in rare families with germline...
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