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Surveillance on mutation carriers of DNA mismatch repair genes.
Annales chirurgiae et gynaecologiae - 1 Jan 2000
Järvinen H J, Aarnio M
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is an autosomal dominant inherited cancer susceptibility syndrome signifying a very high risk of colorectal and endometrial cancer at young age. It also entails an increased risk of a variety of other tumours, such as ovarian, gastric, uroepithelial and biliary tract cancer. The underlying pathogenic mutation lies in one of the five known DNA mismatch repair genes...
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